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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 17 December
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 3:16:30 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 17 DEC 92
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
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     UPS
     ---
00Z: 2.6
01Z: 2.7
02Z: 2.5
03Z: 2.8
04Z: 2.8
05Z: 3.1
06Z:
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OBSERVED CRITICAL F2 LAYER FREQUENCIES (MHz)
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      UPS  POI  OTI
     ---- ---- ----
00Z:  2.5  4.1
01Z:  2.4  4.3
02Z:  2.4  4.2
03Z:  2.3  4.2
04Z:  2.3  4.2
05Z:  2.3  4.2
06Z:       3.4
07Z:       4.1
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:
12Z:
13Z:            6.4
14Z:            8.0
15Z:           10.3
16Z:           11.4
17Z:           10.8
18Z:           10.5
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MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCIES FOR 3000 KM PATHS (MHz) - MUF(3000)
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      UPS
     ----
00Z:  6.5
01Z:  6.4
02Z:  6.1
03Z:  6.3
04Z:  6.6
05Z:  7.1
06Z:
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OBSERVED TOTAL IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT
-------------------------------------------

NO TEC OBSERVATIONS PRESENTLY AVAILABLE


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

UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
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.


