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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 06 December
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 92 2:38:31 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 06 DEC 92
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.2  2.8  3.2  3.6  3.1
01Z: 3.7  2.7  3.3  3.2  3.2
02Z: 3.5  2.6  3.3  3.4  3.3
03Z: 2.7  2.7  2.9  3.3  3.5
04Z: 3.3  2.7       3.5  3.6
05Z: 2.4  2.6   B   3.6  3.7
06Z: 2.9  2.6   B   3.1  3.3
07Z: 2.7  2.8   B   3.5  3.2
08Z:  A   2.7   B    R   3.0
09Z: 3.3  2.8       3.6  3.1
10Z: 3.1  2.6  3.1  3.6  3.2
11Z: 3.2  3.3  2.8  3.1  3.3
12Z: 3.2  3.4   B   3.2  3.4
13Z: 3.0  3.5   B   3.1  3.5
14Z: 3.0  3.4   B   3.4  3.6
15Z: 3.5  3.4       3.3  3.4
16Z: 3.8  3.4   A   3.5  3.0
17Z: 3.5  3.3  3.0  3.1  3.2
18Z: 3.9  3.3  2.5  2.8
19Z: 3.9  3.3  3.1  3.3
20Z: 3.6  3.2  3.1  3.8
21Z: 3.1  3.3  3.1  3.2
22Z: 3.2  3.2  3.3  3.2
23Z: 3.6  2.8  3.2  3.1


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

      VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  7.9  3.9  6.3  9.5      14.0
01Z:  4.3  3.6  5.5 10.5      13.6
02Z:  4.3  3.8  4.1 12.3      14.2
03Z:  9.8  3.1  3.6 10.7      11.0
04Z:  2.5  2.9      10.6       8.0
05Z:  2.4  3.1   B   9.4       5.1
06Z:  2.4  2.9   B  10.9       4.5
07Z:  4.3  2.7   B  11.6       4.7
08Z:   A   2.5   B    R        4.4
09Z:  3.5  2.6      11.3       4.3
10Z:  3.9  2.7  4.1 10.7       4.3
11Z:  4.3  3.7  4.4  8.9       4.2
12Z:  7.7  5.9   B   8.2       4.4
13Z:  4.7  8.7   B   7.1       4.3
14Z:  5.0  8.8   B   7.1       3.4
15Z:  7.7  9.4       6.8       2.7
16Z:  8.4  9.9   A   6.5       2.4
17Z:  9.5 10.0  3.8  5.2       5.4
18Z:  7.0 10.2  4.2  4.3
19Z:  8.4  9.0  5.2  5.5
20Z: 10.0  8.0  5.7  3.9 10.3
21Z: 11.2  7.0  7.0  3.6   C
22Z:  9.3  5.7  7.6  3.9   C
23Z:  8.8  4.7  7.9  7.1


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

      VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 25.3 10.9 20.2 34.2 43.4
01Z: 15.9  9.7 18.1 33.6 43.5
02Z: 15.1  9.9 13.5 41.8 46.9
03Z: 26.5  8.4 10.4 35.3 38.5
04Z:  8.2  7.8      37.1 28.8
05Z:  5.8  8.1   B  33.8 18.9
06Z:  7.0  7.5   B  33.8 14.8
07Z: 11.6  7.6   B  40.6 15.0
08Z:   A   6.8   B    R  13.2
09Z: 11.6  7.3      40.7 13.3
10Z: 12.1  7.0 12.7 38.5 13.8
11Z: 13.8 12.2 12.3 27.6 13.9
12Z: 24.6 20.1   B  26.2 15.0
13Z: 14.1 30.4   B  22.0 15.1
14Z: 15.0 29.9   B  24.1 12.2
15Z: 26.9 32.0      22.4  9.2
16Z: 31.9 33.7   A  22.8  7.2
17Z: 33.2 33.0 11.4 16.1 17.3
18Z: 27.3 33.7 10.5 12.0
19Z: 32.8 29.7 16.1 18.1
20Z: 36.0 25.6 17.7 14.8
21Z: 34.7 23.1 21.7 11.5
22Z: 29.8 18.2 25.1 12.5
23Z: 31.7 13.2 25.3 22.0


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

      TAO  ANC  CNV  OSA  PAL  BOU
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  440  200   80       680  160
01Z:  530  200   46   75  640
02Z:  580  150   46   99  590   60
03Z:  700  110   47   82  360   49
04Z:  850   73   50  100  190   45
05Z:  820   73   59   84  120
06Z:  740   73   65   45   85
07Z:  680   73   66        88   49
08Z:  590   71   67        72   50
09Z:  490   62   60        54   50
10Z:  430   63   64        52   51
11Z:  350   64   66        55
12Z:  250   75   69        54   49
13Z:  200   65  130        50   51
14Z:  180   63  180        48   64
15Z:  170   73  220        34
16Z:  170   71  220        32
17Z:  150   58  230        69
18Z:  130   76  260       160  260
19Z:  170   98  300       260  310
20Z:  150  160  320       280  350
21Z:  150  220  310       300  350
22Z:  210  230  220       370
23Z:  370  220  160       490  220


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

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


