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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 02 December
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 2:37:05 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 02 DEC 92
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     BOU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.3  3.1       3.1   R
01Z: 3.3  3.9  3.4  3.0  3.6
02Z: 3.4  3.3  2.7   B   3.4
03Z: 3.3  3.0        B   3.4
04Z: 3.2  3.8        B   3.2
05Z: 3.0  3.8  3.1   A   3.3
06Z: 2.8  2.6        B   3.2
07Z: 2.8  3.1  2.6   B   3.2
08Z: 2.9  3.3        B    R
09Z: 2.9  3.6  3.3   B   3.5
10Z: 2.9  3.8  2.9  2.8   R
11Z: 3.0  4.0  2.7  2.6  3.0
12Z: 3.0  2.3       2.5  3.2
13Z: 3.0  3.2  3.5  2.3   R
14Z:      2.9  3.1   A   3.4
15Z:      3.4  3.4  2.3  3.2
16Z:      3.4  3.4   A   3.0
17Z:           3.3       3.0
18Z:           3.3   B   3.1
19Z:           3.4  2.6  3.5
20Z:                     3.1
21Z:           3.2  3.2  2.9
22Z:           3.1  3.2  3.1
23Z:           2.7  3.3  3.5


OBSERVED CRITICAL F2 LAYER FREQUENCIES (MHz)
--------------------------------------------

      BOU  POI  OTI  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  8.5  4.4       9.7       5.8   R
01Z:  6.5  4.3       7.7  3.1  5.6 11.6
02Z:  5.4  4.3       4.4  3.3   B  10.4
03Z:  3.4  4.4       9.7        B   9.6
04Z:  2.7  4.2       7.6        B  11.6
05Z:  2.6  3.8       7.9  3.2   A  10.4
06Z:  2.9  2.9       5.7        B  10.3
07Z:  3.1  4.5       6.4  3.6   B  12.0
08Z:  3.3            7.5        B    R
09Z:  3.7            8.4  2.5   B  10.8
10Z:  4.0            7.8  2.7  3.8   R
11Z:  4.0            8.2  3.0  3.8  7.0
12Z:  3.7            7.7       3.4  9.0
13Z:  3.7       5.8  7.1  7.1  3.3   R
14Z:            8.0  7.3  8.7   A   8.4   R
15Z:            9.2  8.0  9.3  3.7  7.0   C
16Z:            9.9  9.7  9.7   A   7.5  7.1
17Z:           10.2       9.5       7.5  8.7
18Z:            9.4       9.5   B   7.5  9.1
19Z:                      9.5  4.6  7.2
20Z:                                3.3
21Z:                      6.4  7.7  3.3   F
22Z:                      5.8  9.0  4.3
23Z:                      4.5  9.0  8.5


MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCIES FOR 3000 KM PATHS (MHz) - MUF(3000)
--------------------------------------------------------------

      BOU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 28.5 30.1      18.0   R
01Z: 21.4 30.0 10.5 16.8 41.8
02Z: 18.4 14.5  8.9   B  35.4
03Z: 11.2 29.1        B  32.6
04Z:  8.8 28.9        B  37.1
05Z:  7.8 30.0  9.9   A  34.3
06Z:  8.1 14.8        B  33.0
07Z:  8.8 19.8  9.4   B  38.4
08Z:  9.6 24.8        B    R
09Z: 10.7 30.2  8.2   B  37.8
10Z: 11.6 29.6  7.8 10.6   R
11Z: 12.0 32.8  8.1  9.9 21.0
12Z: 10.9 17.7       8.5 28.8
13Z: 11.1 22.7 24.9  7.6   R
14Z:      21.2 27.0   A  28.6
15Z:      27.2 31.6  8.5 22.4
16Z:      33.0 33.0   A  22.5
17Z:           31.4      22.5
18Z:           31.4   B  23.2
19Z:           32.3 12.0 25.2
20Z:                     10.2
21Z:           20.5 24.6  9.6
22Z:           18.0 28.8 13.3
23Z:           12.2 29.7 29.8


OBSERVED TOTAL IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT
-------------------------------------------

      BOU  TAO  ANC  CNV  OSA  PAL
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  280  440  350  240       750
01Z:  180  420  320  180       770
02Z:  110  400  280  130   38  710
03Z:   66  420  240  120       510
04Z:   55  450  140  100       280
05Z:   54  480  110  110       170
06Z:   53  480  110  120       120
07Z:   57  500  110  120       120
08Z:   59  460  110  130        96
09Z:   62  380  110  140        59
10Z:   64  310  110  150        38
11Z:       230  110  140        31
12Z:   61  230  110  140        36
13Z:   56  220  110  210        38
14Z:       190  100  270        33
15Z:  130       100  310        29
16Z:  190       100  320        34
17Z:            110  330        69
18Z:            120  330       200
19Z:  270       170  300       310
20Z:  300       200
21Z:            220  340       510
22Z:       180  270  310       620
23Z:  300  290  310  280       750


LIST OF REPORTING STATIONS AND THE SATELLITES THEY USE TO MEASURE TEC:

BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105) (GOES-2)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
EIE = Eielson AFB AK             USA                 (N64W147)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121) (ETS II)
CHU = Churchill                  Canada              (N58W094)
ANC = Anchorage AK               USA                 (N61W150) (GOES-3)
CNV = Cape Canaveral FL          USA                 (N28W080) (GOES-2)
OSA = Osan AB                    Korea               (N37E127) (ETS II)
PAL = Palehua HI                 USA                 (N21W158) (GOES-3)


DESCRIPTIVE CODES WHICH MAY APPEAR IN THE FOF2 AND M(3000) SECTIONS:

          A = Blanketing Sporadic E
          B = Complete Absorption
          C = Equipment Problems
          D = Frequency Higher than Equipment
          E = Frequency Lower than Equipment
          F = Spread Echoes
          G = FOF2 is less than FOF1
          I = Smoothed Value
          R = Attenuation


     TEC values in this experimental daily report have not been checked
     for errors and may occasionally contain a few.  Total electron
     content values are given in units of 10^15 electrons per square meter.


