:Product: 20000323SGAS.txt :Issued: 2000 Mar 23 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 083 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 23 MAR 2000 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 22 MAR A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0107 0118 0129 8910 N16W48 M1.9 1N 73 1404 1404 1405 390 1722 1722 1724 150 1834 1848 1856 8910 N14W57 X1.1 2N 85 500 II/IV 2329 2330 2330 150 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO ACTIVE. D. STRATWARM: STRATWARM ALERT/WEDNESDAY/STRATWARM EXISTS. MINOR WARMING OVER EUROPE/SIBERIA AND THE WHOLE ARCTIC AT 10 HPA CONTINUES. TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REVERSED BETWEEN 60N AND THE POLE IN THE WHOLE STRATOSPHERE ABOVE 50 HPA. MEAN ZONAL WIND AT 60N CONTINUOUSLY DECREASING AND IS FROM EAST AT 1 HPA. E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 234 SSN 212 AFR/AP 010/011 X-RAY BACKGROUND C1.8 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 8.5E+05 GT 10 MEV 2.2E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 1.20E+06 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 1 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 PLANETARY 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 F. COMMENTS: NONE