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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 12 June
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 12 JUN 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  BER
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:                                    2.8   A   3.1  3.3  3.0            2.9  3.6  3.1
01Z:                                    3.1  3.0  2.9  2.7  2.8            3.1  3.2   B
02Z:                                    2.9  3.4  2.7  2.9  2.9            2.9  2.9   B
03Z:                                    2.8  3.0  3.0  2.8   A             2.9  2.8   B
04Z:                                    3.0  3.0   A   3.0  2.7            3.0  2.9  2.7
05Z:                                    3.0  2.8  3.6  3.0  2.8  3.0       3.0  3.0   B
06Z: 2.7  2.9  2.9  3.1            2.6  3.0  2.8  3.7  2.6  2.7            3.0  2.8   B
07Z:      2.6  2.8                 2.8  3.0  2.6   A   3.0  2.8            3.1  3.1   B
08Z: 2.7  2.5  3.0  2.7            3.0  2.8  2.7  2.8  2.8  2.9            2.9  2.4   B
09Z: 2.8  2.6  2.9  2.7            3.1  2.7  2.8  2.5  3.8  3.2            2.7  2.4   A
10Z: 2.8  2.6  3.0  3.0       2.9  3.0  2.7  3.9  3.5   A   3.3            2.7  3.0   A
11Z: 2.8  3.0  2.7  3.0            2.9  3.0  2.8   B    A   2.9            3.1  2.8   A
12Z:      3.0  3.1  3.0       2.8  2.9  3.0  2.9  3.5   A   3.1            3.0   A    A
13Z:      2.9  2.1  3.0       2.8  3.2  3.1  2.9  3.5  2.5  3.0        R   3.1  3.5   A
14Z:      3.2  3.0  3.0            3.2  3.0  2.5  2.8  2.7  2.8        R   3.0   A    A
15Z:      2.9  3.0  3.1  2.8  2.7  3.0  2.9  2.6  2.8  3.1  3.0        R   2.9   A    A
16Z:      2.8  3.1  3.1  2.9       3.1  2.8   A   3.5  2.9  3.3       2.5  2.9  3.9   A
17Z:      2.8  3.0       3.0       3.0  2.5  2.7  2.6   A   3.1        B   2.5   A   2.9
18Z:           3.1                 2.8       4.0  2.8  3.3  3.0        R         A   2.8
19Z:                                         2.8  2.7  3.5   F        2.7        A   2.8
20Z:                                         2.7  2.8  3.4   F         R        2.8  3.0
21Z:                                          A   3.0  3.7   F    F             2.8  3.2
22Z:                                         2.8  2.7  3.1  2.7   F             2.8  3.4
23Z:                                         2.9  3.1  3.3  3.3   F             2.9  3.4
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.95.


MINIMUM OBSERVED FREQUENCIES - FMIN (MHz)
-----------------------------------------

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:
01Z:
02Z:
03Z:
04Z:
05Z:
06Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.0            1.0
07Z:      2.0  1.0       3.2       1.0
08Z: 2.2  2.0  1.0  1.0  3.2       1.0
09Z: 2.0  2.0  1.0  1.0  3.3       1.0
10Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.0  1.3  1.1  1.0
11Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.4  1.2       1.0
12Z:      2.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.0
13Z:      2.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.0
14Z:      2.0  1.0  1.0  1.0       1.0
15Z:      2.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
16Z:      2.0  1.0  1.0  1.2       1.0
17Z:      2.0  1.0       1.2       1.0
18Z:      2.0  1.0       2.0       1.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


CRITICAL SPORADIC E-LAYER FREQUENCIES - Es (MHz)
------------------------------------------------

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:
01Z:
02Z:
03Z:
04Z:
05Z:
06Z:      6.4  5.3  3.9            3.7
07Z:      5.3                      4.0
08Z: 5.0  3.9  3.1  3.9            2.7
09Z:      3.9       3.7
10Z:      4.1       4.4  3.6  2.5  2.1
11Z:      4.0            2.3       1.5
12Z:      7.2       3.0  3.2  4.5  1.5
13Z:      4.7       5.3  3.2  3.0
14Z:      2.8  4.0  4.0  3.4       1.1
15Z:      3.1  4.6  3.5  3.0
16Z:      2.7  3.5  5.2  3.2       1.5
17Z:      4.0  4.0       2.1       1.9
18Z:      4.0  2.6       5.0       2.4
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  MAU  CAM  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  BER  DYS
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:                                    11.0  7.1   A   5.6  4.5  7.0           11.0  5.2  5.8  5.7
01Z:                                    11.6  7.3  5.9  4.9  4.8  6.5           11.6  5.4   B   5.9
02Z:                                    10.9  7.5  5.9  3.4  5.3  6.8           10.9  5.6   B   6.2
03Z:                                    10.5  6.3  6.0  4.6  5.4   A            10.5  5.5   B   6.0
04Z:                                    10.7  8.6  6.0   A   5.4  8.8           10.7  5.2  5.7  5.0
05Z:                                    10.7  7.6  5.7  3.8  5.4  9.9  4.3      10.7  4.9   B   4.9
06Z:  5.4  8.2  5.5  6.1            4.8 10.4  6.3  5.2  4.9  5.1 10.0           10.4  4.1   B   4.8
07Z:       8.4  5.2       5.0       4.9  9.8  6.0  4.7   A   5.3 10.8            9.8  3.7   B   4.4
08Z:  6.2  8.0  5.5  5.5  5.2       5.0 19.3  5.7  4.4  3.3  4.5 12.2            9.3  3.2   B   3.9
09Z:  6.0  8.8  5.5  5.6  5.0       5.4  9.2  5.7  4.6  3.7  6.2 11.3            9.2  3.1   A   4.2
10Z:  5.6  9.0  5.8  5.9  5.1  5.8  5.6  9.3  4.4  6.1  3.9   A  10.9            9.3  3.5   A   4.0
11Z:  5.5  9.5  5.2  5.6            5.9  9.4  4.3  4.5   B    A   9.1            9.4  8.5   A   4.0
12Z:       8.4  5.4  6.0  5.0  7.0  6.0  8.4  3.7  4.4  4.3   A   7.8            8.4   A    A   4.3
13Z:       8.2  5.5  6.0  4.5  6.8  6.1  7.7  4.0  4.8  4.6  4.3  5.8        R   7.7  8.4   A   4.5
14Z:       7.2  4.9  5.8  4.5       4.2  6.9  3.7  7.2  5.1  4.0  5.9        R   6.9   A    A   4.9
15Z:       6.8  5.3  5.8  4.5  5.6  3.8  7.0  3.8  7.3  5.3  4.9  6.3        R   7.0   A    A    A
16Z:       6.8  4.6  6.3  4.2       3.8  6.4  4.3   A   4.8  4.5  6.7       4.7  6.4  9.1   A    A
17Z:       7.5  4.3       4.0       4.0  6.4  4.5  5.4  5.4   A   5.9        B   6.4   A   5.8   A
18Z:            4.1                 4.1       4.5  4.6  5.6  4.3  5.2        R         A   5.7  4.8
19Z:                                          4.3  5.6  5.4  4.4   F        5.0        A   5.9  5.4
20Z:                                          3.7  5.8  5.5  4.5   F         R        5.4  6.2  5.5
21Z:                                          4.7   A   5.6  4.8   F    F             5.5  5.9  5.8
22Z:                                          5.8  5.6  5.5  4.9  6.0   F             5.8  5.9  5.5
23Z:                                          6.0  5.5  5.2  4.7  6.3  5.6            6.8  5.7  5.9
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  6.15 MHz.


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  BER
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:                                    31.3   A  17.4 14.8 21.0           31.9 18.7 18.0
01Z:                                    36.0 17.7 14.2 13.0 18.2           36.0 17.3   B
02Z:                                    31.6 20.1  9.2 15.4 19.7           31.6 16.2   B
03Z:                                    29.9 18.0 13.8 15.1   A            30.5 15.4   B
04Z:                                    31.6 18.0   A  16.2 23.8           32.1 15.1 15.4
05Z:                                    31.6 16.0 13.7 16.2 27.7 12.9      32.1 14.7   B
06Z: 14.6 23.8 16.0 18.9           12.5 31.2 14.6 18.1 13.3 27.0           31.2 11.5   B
07Z:      21.8 14.6                13.7 29.9 12.2   A  15.9 30.2           30.4 11.5   B
08Z: 16.7 20.0 16.5 14.9           15.0 55.0 11.9  9.2 12.6 35.4           27.0  7.7   B
09Z: 16.8 22.9 16.0 15.1           16.7 24.8 12.9  9.2 23.6 36.2           24.8  7.4   A
10Z: 15.7 23.4 17.4 17.7      16.8 16.8 25.1 23.8 13.7   A  36.0           25.1 10.5   A
11Z: 15.4 28.5 14.0 16.8           17.1 28.7 12.6   B    A  26.4           29.1 23.8   A
12Z:      25.2 16.7 18.0      19.6 17.4 25.2 12.8 15.1   A  24.2           25.2   A    A
13Z:      23.8 11.5 18.0      19.0 19.5 23.9 13.9 16.1 10.8 17.4        R  23.9 29.4   A
14Z:      23.0 14.7 17.4           13.4 20.7 18.0 14.3 10.8 16.5        R  20.7   A    A
15Z:      19.7 15.9 18.0 12.6 15.1 11.4 20.3 19.0 14.8 15.2 18.9        R  20.3   A    A
16Z:      19.0 14.3 19.5 12.2      11.8 18.2   A  16.8 13.1 22.1      11.8 18.6 35.5   A
17Z:      21.0 12.9      12.0      12.0 16.0 14.6 14.0   A  18.3        B  16.0   A  16.8
18Z:           12.7                11.5      18.4 15.7 14.2 15.6        R         A  16.0
19Z:                                         15.7 14.6 15.4   F       13.5        A  16.5
20Z:                                         15.7 15.4 15.3   F         R       15.1 18.6
21Z:                                           A  16.8 17.8   F    F            15.4 18.9
22Z:                                         15.7 14.9 15.2 16.2   F            16.2 20.1
23Z:                                         16.0 16.1 15.5 20.8   F            19.7 19.4
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 18.15 MHz.


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

      TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  BOU  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:       400   63        98  130  120
01Z:  350  410   65        91  130  110
02Z:  380  390   66        53  130  110
03Z:  400  370   66        42  130  110
04Z:  440  370   65        29  120  120
05Z:  510  360   61        38  100  120
06Z:  550  340   61        42   84  130
07Z:  590  300   34        37   80  130
08Z:  620  260   19        25       130
09Z:  600  240   13        22       130
10Z:  450  210   23        24   86
11Z:  340  210   16        32
12Z:  230  200   39        49
13Z:  160  160   45        74  120
14Z:  130  150   46        88  140
15Z:  100  140   60        97  160
16Z:  110  130   67       110  160
17Z:  110  170   36       110  160
18Z:   86  230  150       100  160
19Z:   80  250  150       110  160
20Z:   82  280  160       110  150  110
21Z:  120  300            100  140  110
22Z:  170  320  220       100  130   99
23Z:  190  340             93        84


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

MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
CAM = Camden                     Australia           (S34E151)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
EIE = Eielson AFB AK             USA                 (N64W147)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121)
RES = Resolute Bay               Canada              (N74W094)
CHU = Churchill                  Canada              (N58W094)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156)
RAM = Ramey AFB                  Puerto Rico         (N18W067)
BER = Bermuda                    Bermuda             (N32W064)
DYS = Dyess AFB TX               USA                 (N32W099)
PAL = Palehua HI                 USA                 (N21W158)
SHE = Shemya AK                  USA                 (N52E174)
OSA = Osan AB                    Korea               (N37E127)
CNV = Cape Canaveral FL          USA                 (N28W080)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
ANC = Anchorage AK               USA                 (N61W150)


DESCRIPTIVE CODES WHICH MAY APPEAR IN THE FOF2, M(3000), OR SID 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


     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.


