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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 03 December
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 21:30:51 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 03 DEC 92
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     BOU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.4       2.7  3.2   I   3.0
01Z: 3.2       3.0  3.2  3.6  3.1
02Z: 3.5  4.0  3.1       3.4  3.1
03Z: 3.2  4.0  3.4       3.2  3.3
04Z: 2.8       2.7       3.2  3.3
05Z: 2.7       2.5       3.1  3.3
06Z: 2.7       2.7       3.0  2.9
07Z: 3.0       2.6       3.2  3.2
08Z: 2.9                 3.3  3.2
09Z: 3.0       2.6       3.4  3.3
10Z: 2.8       2.7       3.4  3.0
11Z: 2.7                 3.4  2.8
12Z: 2.7                  R   2.6
13Z: 2.8       3.2       3.3  2.8
14Z:           3.4       3.5  2.9
15Z:           3.4        R   3.2
16Z:                     3.4  2.9
17Z:                     3.3  3.0
18Z:      3.2            2.9
19Z:           3.1       3.2
20Z:      3.7  3.0       3.5
21Z:      3.2  2.6       3.2
22Z:      3.3  3.2       2.7
23Z:      3.5  2.8       3.4


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

      BOU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  7.1       4.2  8.3   I       15.5
01Z:  5.7       2.5  8.2 10.0      16.2
02Z:  4.7  5.8  3.0      12.4      16.9
03Z:  3.2  7.4  4.5      12.4      16.7
04Z:  2.6       4.8      13.4      14.5
05Z:  2.9       3.8      13.4       9.0
06Z:  3.6       3.9      14.0       5.8
07Z:  3.8       4.2      14.8       6.3
08Z:  4.0                15.0       5.7
09Z:  4.3       3.6      15.0       3.7
10Z:  3.8       3.1      14.7       3.2
11Z:  3.5                14.3       3.2
12Z:  3.9                  R        3.3
13Z:  2.8       6.6      12.7       3.6
14Z:            8.6      14.1   R   5.2
15Z:            9.3        R    B   3.8
16Z:                      6.7   R   4.3
17Z:                      5.3  5.8  5.8
18Z:      10.3            4.4   C
19Z:            9.2       4.1   I
20Z:       9.5  7.7       4.2   F
21Z:      11.1  5.2       3.4  6.0
22Z:      10.3  2.9       3.4   G
23Z:       9.3  4.7       7.1


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

      BOU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 24.1      11.3 26.6   I  46.5
01Z: 18.5       7.5 26.2 36.0 50.2
02Z: 16.4 23.2  9.3      42.2 52.4
03Z: 10.2 29.6 15.3      39.7 55.1
04Z:  7.4      13.0      42.9 47.8
05Z:  7.7       9.5      41.5 29.7
06Z:  9.7      10.5      42.0 16.8
07Z: 11.2      10.9      47.4 20.2
08Z: 11.6                49.5 18.2
09Z: 13.1       9.4      51.0 12.2
10Z: 10.8       8.4      50.0  9.6
11Z:  9.4                48.6  9.0
12Z: 10.5                  R   8.6
13Z:  7.8      21.1      41.9 10.1
14Z:           29.2      49.4 15.1
15Z:           31.6        R  12.2
16Z:                     22.8 12.5
17Z:                     17.5 17.4
18Z:      33.0           12.8
19Z:           28.5      13.1
20Z:      35.2 23.1      14.7
21Z:      35.5 13.5      10.9
22Z:      34.0  9.3       9.2
23Z:      32.5 13.2      24.1


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

      BOU  TAO  ANC  CNV  OSA  PAL
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  230  350  360  210       890
01Z:  140  440  290  120       990
02Z:   97  590  200  110   78  910
03Z:   69  700  150  110  120  770
04Z:   65  810   50  110  190  480
05Z:   66  900   11  120  200  230
06Z:       900   33  130  140  150
07Z:       840   22  130   89  120
08Z:       810   21  140  6.0   88
09Z:       680   22  150        51
10Z:   66  630   21  130        44
11Z:   62  720   24  130        42
12Z:   61  560   27  130        44
13Z:   62        28  230        48
14Z:       500   31  330        66
15Z:  130  400   28  390        63
16Z:       240   28  380        58
17Z:  240  170   21  380        75
18Z:       130   35  410
19Z:       130   79  410       330
20Z:       130  140  430       460
21Z:  370  150  210  450       450
22Z:       180  250  410       430
23Z:  300  330  280  300       490


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

BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105) (GOES-2)
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)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156)
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.


