:Product: 20030407SGAS.txt :Issued: 2003 Apr 07 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 097 Issued at 0245Z on 07 Apr 2003 This report is compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Apr 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 conditions. High speed stream effects have diminished with solar wind velocity decreasing to near 450 km/s and Bz oscillations subsiding. D. Stratwarm: None E. Daily Indices: (real-time preliminary/estimated values) 10 cm 126 SSN 075 Afr/Ap 008/009 X-ray Background B3.3 Daily Proton Fluence (flux accumulation over 24 hrs) GT 1 MeV 1.4e+05 GT 10 MeV 1.0e+04 p/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) Daily Electron Fluence GT 2 MeV 5.60e+07 e/(cm2-ster-day) (GOES-8 satellite synchronous orbit W75 degrees) 3 Hour K-indices: Boulder 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 Planetary 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 F. Comments: Beginning 1500 UTC April 8, SEC will begin using data from the GOES 12 satellite, and stop receiving GOES 8 data. GOES 12 has the new Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI), which will acquire real-time, operational images of the solar x-ray flux. With the switch from GOES 8 to GOES 12, the primary/secondary designations will change. GOES 12 will be the primary satellite for the SXI. All other data, including magnetometer, XRS x-ray measurements, and energetic particles, will have GOES 10 as their primary source, with GOES 12 as the secondary source where available. Please see http://www.sec.noaa.gov/GOES.html for important information on this changeover.