:Product: 20000318SGAS.txt
:Issued: 2000 Mar 18 0245 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
JOINT USAF/NOAA SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY
SGAS NUMBER 078 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 18 MAR 2000
THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 17 MAR
A.  ENERGETIC EVENTS
BEGIN  MAX  END  RGN   LOC   XRAY  OP 245MHZ 10CM   SWEEP
0024 0028 0035                       100
0323 0323 0324                       120
0453 0458 0506              C5.8     560
0521 0522 0523                       260
0625 0625 0625                       130
1108 1125 1134  8906 S14W47 M1.1  SF 96     200
B.  PROTON EVENTS:  NONE
C.  GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY:  ACTIVITY WAS AT QUIET TO (BRIEFLY)
UNSETTLED LEVELS.
D.  STRATWARM:  STRATWARM ALERT/FRIDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS.
THE INTENSE WARMING, CENTERED OVER THE KARA SEA
AT 10 HPA,  SLOWLY WEAKENING.  TEMPERATURE GRADIENT
REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IN THE MIDDLE
AND UPPER STRATOSPHERE.  MEAN ZONAL WIND AT 60N
DECREASING AND IS FROM EAST AT 1 HPA.
E.  DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES)
10 CM 192  SSN 152  AFR/AP 005/006   X-RAY BACKGROUND C1.4
DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS)
GT 1 MEV 5.3E+05   GT 10 MEV 1.3E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE
GT 2 MEV 5.40E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY)
(GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES)
3 HOUR K-INDICES:
BOULDER 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 PLANETARY 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
F.  COMMENTS:  NONE