:Product: 20021015SGAS.txt
:Issued: 2002 Oct 15 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 288 Issued at 0245Z on 15 Oct 2002
This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct
A.  Energetic Events
Begin  Max  End  Rgn   Loc   Xray  Op 245MHz 10cm   Sweep
2342 0010 0108  0159 S13E75 M2.2  Sf 45     83     II
0238 0247 0301  0145 N10E11 C5.8  Sf 100
1419 1423 1426              C1.3     72            II
1741 1743 1745                       220
B.  Proton Events:  None
C.  Geomagnetic Activity Summary:  The geomagnetic field ranged from
quiet to major storm levels.  And extended interval of active
conditions, with an isolated period of major storming at high
latitudes, appeared to occur primarily due to a sustained strong
southward orientation of Bz, and a slow increase in solar wind
speed.  Other solar wind data suggest an overall pattern of a CIR
evolving toward to a weak high speed stream pattern near the end of
the period.
D.  Stratwarm:  None
E.  Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values)
10 cm 181  SSN 175  Afr/Ap 016/026   X-ray Background M1.0
Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs)
GT 1 MeV 3.5e+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 2 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 Planetary 3 4 4 4 6 4 3 2
F.  Comments:  First event listed in Section A above began on 13
October and ended on 14 October.