:Product: 20011223SGAS.txt
:Issued: 2001 Dec 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 357 Issued at 0245Z on 23 Dec 2001
This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 22 Dec
A.  Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
None
B.  Proton Events:  None
C.  Geomagnetic Activity Summary:  The geomagnetic field was at quiet
to unsettled levels.
D.  Stratwarm:  STRATWARM ALERT EXISTS STRATWARM SATURDAY
STRONG STRATOSPHERIC WARMING IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
STRATOSPHERE, FURTHER INTENSIFYING.  REVERSED TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN 60N AND THE NORTH POLE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE NEXT 3 DAYS FROM THE UPPER STRATOSPHERE DOWN TO 30 HPA.
E.  Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 243  SSN 234  Afr/Ap 008/008   X-ray Background C1.2
Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs)
GT 1 MeV 2.1e+05   GT 10 MeV 1.3e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
Daily Electron Fluence
GT 2 MeV 3.40e+05 e/(cm2-ster-day)
(GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees)
3 Hour K-indices:
Boulder 2 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 Planetary 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 1
F.  Comments:  Afr is based on Boulder A-indices