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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 16 December
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 3:01:07 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 16 DEC 92
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
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     BOU  UPS
     ---  ---
00Z: 3.0  2.7
01Z: 3.3  2.7
02Z: 3.2  2.6
03Z: 3.3  2.7
04Z: 2.7  2.8
05Z: 2.5
06Z: 2.7
07Z: 2.8
08Z: 2.8
09Z: 3.0
10Z: 3.2
11Z: 3.2
12Z: 3.0
13Z: 3.0
14Z:
15Z:
16Z:
17Z:
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      BOU  POI  UPS  OTI
     ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  9.1  3.9  2.2
01Z:  7.2  4.0  2.3
02Z:  3.8  4.1  2.1
03Z:  3.0  4.5  2.0
04Z:  2.4  3.8  1.9
05Z:  2.8  3.0
06Z:  3.2  2.9
07Z:  3.5  3.9
08Z:  3.8
09Z:  4.3
10Z:  4.1
11Z:  3.4
12Z:  3.2
13Z:  3.2            6.7
14Z:                 8.6
15Z:                11.0
16Z:                10.2
17Z:                10.5
18Z:                10.9
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      BOU  UPS
     ---- ----
00Z: 27.8  5.8
01Z: 24.1  6.1
02Z: 12.0  5.5
03Z:  9.9  5.4
04Z:  6.5  5.2
05Z:  7.1
06Z:  8.5
07Z:  9.6
08Z: 10.8
09Z: 13.1
10Z: 13.3
11Z: 10.9
12Z:  9.8
13Z:  9.4
14Z:
15Z:
16Z:
17Z:
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

NO TEC OBSERVATIONS PRESENTLY AVAILABLE
 

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

BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)


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.


