:Product: 20000924SGAS.txt :Issued: 2000 Sep 24 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 268 ISSUED AT 0245Z ON 24 SEP 2000 THIS REPORT IS COMPILED FROM DATA RECEIVED AT SWO ON 23 SEP A. ENERGETIC EVENTS BEGIN MAX END RGN LOC XRAY OP 245MHZ 10CM SWEEP 0452 0457 0502 9169 N11E06 C2.2 SF 3000 40 0708 0719 0723 9169 N05E11 C5.4 SF 290 1103 1104 1105 280 30 1142 1145 1148 9169 N12E08 C2.1 SF 170 1320 1321 1321 150 1402 1402 1406 800 2135 2142 2151 9169 N09E02 C8.6 1F 280 100 2154 2157 2159 9169 390 B. PROTON EVENTS: NONE C. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY SUMMARY: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO UNSETTLED. D. STRATWARM: NONE E. DAILY INDICES: (REAL-TIME PRELIMINARY/ESTIMATED VALUES) 10 CM 225 SSN 216 AFR/AP 007/007 X-RAY BACKGROUND C2.3 DAILY PROTON FLUENCE (FLUX ACCUMULATION OVER 24 HRS) GT 1 MEV 4.4E+05 GT 10 MEV 1.0E+04 P/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) DAILY ELECTRON FLUENCE GT 2 MEV 8.60E+07 E/(CM2-STER-DAY) (GOES-8 SATELLITE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT W75 DEGREES) 3 HOUR K-INDICES: BOULDER 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 PLANETARY 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 F. COMMENTS: EFFECTIVE 2 OCT 2000, SEC WILL ISSUE ITS TEXT PRODUCTS IN MIXED CASE VS. ALL UPPER CASE. THIS CHANGE WILL BE VISIBLE ON ALL SEC PRODUCT DELIVERY SYSTEMS EXCEPT FOR TELETYPE CIRCUITS. ONLY THE CASE OF THE TEXT IN EACH PRODUCT WILL CHANGE, NOT THE FORMAT OR SPACING WITHIN THE PRODUCT. FOR DETAILS SEE OUR WEBSITE AT SEC.NOAA.GOV/MIXEDCASE.HTML