:Product: 20020117SGAS.txt :Issued: 2002 Jan 17 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 017 Issued at 0245Z on 17 Jan 2002 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Jan A. Energetic Events Begin Max End Rgn Loc Xray Op 245MHz 10cm Sweep 0149 0150 0203 9775 S08W79 Sf 220 0550 0550 0550 290 1005 1013 1018 9775 S05W75 M1.5 Sf 1320 1320 1320 130 B. Proton Events: A greater than 10 MeV event began at 15/1435 UTC, reached a maximum of 15 PFU at 15/20000 UTC, and ended at 16/1205 UTC. C. Geomagnetic Activity Summary: Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels. D. Stratwarm: None E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values) 10 cm 216 SSN 131 Afr/Ap 005/004 X-ray Background C1.5 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 9.0e+06 GT 10 MeV 7.9e+05 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 3.40e+07 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices: Boulder 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 0 Planetary 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 F. Comments: Afr estimated from Boulder A. The GOES-8 X-ray spectrometer was offline during 15/0020 - 16/2056 UTC. X-ray background estimated using GOES-10 data (long. W135).