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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 05 December
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 92 12:28:51 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 05 DEC 92
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.2  2.6   B   3.3  3.0
01Z: 3.3  2.4  2.8  3.4  3.0
02Z: 3.0  2.4  2.8  3.3  3.1
03Z: 2.7  2.7       3.1  3.3
04Z: 2.8  2.6   B   3.2  3.5
05Z: 2.2  2.8       3.2  3.4
06Z: 3.4  2.8   B   3.2  3.0
07Z: 3.0  3.0   B   3.2  2.9
08Z: 2.8  2.9  3.1  3.3  3.1
09Z:  A   2.9   B   3.4  3.3
10Z: 3.4  2.6   B    I   3.9
11Z: 2.8  2.9   B   3.5  2.8
12Z: 3.8  3.2   B   3.5  3.2
13Z: 3.3  3.5   B   3.3  3.6
14Z: 3.4  3.4   B   3.6  2.4
15Z: 3.1  3.5   A   3.2  2.7
16Z: 3.7  3.3  2.6  3.1  2.9
17Z: 3.4  3.3   B   2.9  3.1
18Z: 3.4  3.4  2.9  3.0
19Z: 3.4  3.3  2.9  3.3
20Z: 3.6  3.2  3.2  3.8
21Z: 3.6  3.0  3.2  3.0
22Z: 3.4  2.8  3.2  2.9
23Z: 3.1  3.0  3.2  3.2


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

      VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  9.7  4.1   B  10.0      14.1
01Z:  6.0  4.7  5.2 12.0      14.3
02Z:  6.1  8.8  3.8 13.8      15.8
03Z:  2.7  3.5      12.4      14.5
04Z:  6.1  3.4   B  14.0      11.5
05Z:  3.7  4.0      13.6       6.0
06Z:  2.9  3.8   B  13.4       5.1
07Z:  3.9  2.7   B  13.6       4.5
08Z:  4.4  2.7  4.5 14.8       4.4
09Z:   A   2.5   B  13.6       4.7
10Z:  5.1  2.9   B    I        4.0
11Z:  3.1  4.0   B   8.5       4.6
12Z:  3.9  8.9   B   7.5       5.9
13Z:  3.7  8.7   B   8.5       6.3
14Z:  4.3  8.2   B   7.1   R   4.5
15Z:  9.7  8.9   A   5.9  4.6  3.4
16Z:  7.7  9.9  3.1  3.8  5.8  3.2
17Z:  9.8 10.2   B   3.6  6.3  5.4
18Z:  9.9  9.4  3.6  3.6  7.4
19Z: 10.1  8.2  4.1  3.9  7.7
20Z:  9.4  7.6  5.7  3.5  8.4
21Z:  9.7  7.8  6.5  2.5  7.7
22Z:  8.6  5.6  6.8  3.1  7.4
23Z:  8.9  4.7  6.9  7.0


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

      VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 31.0 10.7   B  33.0 42.3
01Z: 19.8 11.3 14.6 40.8 42.9
02Z: 18.3 21.1 10.6 45.5 49.0
03Z:  7.3  9.4      38.4 47.8
04Z: 17.1  8.8   B  44.8 40.2
05Z:  8.1 11.2      43.5 20.4
06Z:  9.9 10.6   B  42.9 15.3
07Z: 11.7  8.1   B  43.5 13.1
08Z: 12.3  7.8 13.9 48.8 13.6
09Z:   A   7.2   B  46.2 15.5
10Z: 17.3  7.5   B    I  15.6
11Z:  8.7 11.6   B  29.8 12.9
12Z: 14.8 28.5   B  26.2 18.9
13Z: 12.2 30.4   B  28.0 22.7
14Z: 14.6 27.9   B  25.6 10.8
15Z: 30.1 31.1   A  18.9  9.2
16Z: 28.5 32.7  8.1 11.8  9.3
17Z: 33.3 33.7   B  10.4 16.7
18Z: 33.7 32.0 10.4 10.8
19Z: 34.3 27.1 11.9 12.9
20Z: 33.8 24.3 18.2 13.3
21Z: 34.9 23.4 20.8  7.5
22Z: 29.2 15.7 21.8  9.0
23Z: 27.6 14.1 22.1 22.4


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

      TAO  ANC  CNV  OSA  PAL  BOU
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  520  180  110       720  180
01Z:  750  180   67  100  690  140
02Z:  960  150   49  200  690
03Z: 1100  120   44  260  540   55
04Z:  850   71   46  220  300   64
05Z:  850   36       120  160   59
06Z:  960   30        83  110   58
07Z:  850   23   55   44   83   62
08Z:  770   22   56        61   59
09Z:  720   24   60        56   59
10Z:  570   25   64        54   55
11Z:  430   24   63        57   61
12Z:  250   24   67        61   61
13Z:  200   25  120        64   58
14Z:  190   24  170        56   62
15Z:  150   24  220        38
16Z:  130   25  230        39
17Z:  120   26  250        82
18Z:  120   37  310       190
19Z:  120   79  310       320  310
20Z:  110  120  290       360  300
21Z:  110  150  290       400  280
22Z:  160  170  240       510  240
23Z:  300  190  170       620


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

VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120) (GOES-3)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060) (GOES-3)
EIE = Eielson AFB AK             USA                 (N64W147) (GOES-3)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121) (ETS II)
CHU = Churchill                  Canada              (N58W094) (GOES-3)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156) (GOES-3)
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)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105) (GOES-2)


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.


