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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 01 July
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 01 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  KHA  MAG  BOU  UPS  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  BER
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:      2.8  2.8  2.8  3.2  3.0  3.0  2.8  2.7  3.0  2.6  2.5  3.4   F        2.7  3.5   B
01Z:      3.1  2.9  3.1  3.1  2.8       2.8  2.7  2.9  2.7  2.7  2.9   F        2.7  2.7   B
02Z: 2.7  2.8  2.8  2.9  3.0                 2.9  3.1  2.3        A    F        2.9  3.4   B
03Z:      2.8  2.8  2.9  2.9  2.7       2.8  3.1  3.0   A   3.3   A    F        3.1  2.9  3.1
04Z:      3.1  2.9  2.9  2.9  2.6       2.7  2.7  3.1   A   2.5  2.8  3.0       2.7  2.7  3.1
05Z:      2.9       2.9  2.7  2.6       2.6  2.8  3.1   A   2.4  2.8   F        2.8  3.3   B
06Z:                     2.8                 2.8  3.2  2.3  3.0   A             2.9  3.1  3.5
07Z:      2.8  3.1  3.0  2.8  3.0            2.7  3.4   A   3.4   C             2.7  3.1  3.0
08Z:      2.9  2.9  3.1  3.1                 3.1  2.6   A   2.9   C             3.1  2.7   B
09Z:      2.6  3.1  2.7  2.9  3.0            3.0  2.6  2.6   A    A             3.0  2.8   A
10Z:           3.1  2.9       3.0            2.7  2.9  3.1  4.0  2.9            2.7  2.6  3.0
11Z: 2.9  2.8  3.1  2.9  2.5  3.1            2.7  3.0  3.3  3.3  3.0            2.7  2.4  2.9
12Z:      2.8  2.5  3.1  2.9  2.8            3.2  3.2  2.9   A   3.4            3.3  2.8  3.6
13Z:      2.9  2.8  2.9  2.7  2.9            3.5  2.8  2.8  2.7  3.4        R   3.6   A   3.1
14Z:      2.7  2.8            2.6            2.7  3.3  2.6   A   3.0   G        2.7  3.2  3.2
15Z: 2.8  2.9  2.7  2.9  2.7  2.8            2.7  3.7  2.9  2.5  2.8        R   2.7  2.6  2.7
16Z: 2.6  2.9  3.0  2.0  2.6  2.9            3.0  3.0  2.8  3.9  2.9        R   3.0  4.6  3.4
17Z:                3.0       2.7            3.5  3.5  3.3  3.2  3.2        R   3.5   A   3.1
18Z:                                              2.8  3.2  3.4  3.7        F        3.0  3.2
19Z:                                              2.5  3.0  3.6  3.5        F        2.9  2.8
20Z:                                              2.6  2.7  3.2   F        2.8       2.9  2.9
21Z:                                              2.5  2.9  3.7  2.8       2.5       2.8  3.1
22Z:                                              2.6  2.8  3.0  3.3   G             2.8   A
23Z:                                              2.9  2.5   B   3.4   F             2.8  3.0
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.94.


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  1.5  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.3  1.0
01Z: 2.6  1.6  1.0  1.0       1.3  1.0
02Z: 1.0  1.4  1.0  1.4  1.6  1.5  1.0
03Z: 1.5  1.6  1.0  1.5       1.5  1.0
04Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.3  1.0  1.3  1.0
05Z: 3.7  2.4       1.5  1.5  1.4  1.0
06Z:                          1.2
07Z: 3.3  2.5  1.0  1.1  1.6  1.3  1.0
08Z:      3.8  1.0  1.4  1.4  1.0
09Z:      4.0  1.2  1.1  1.0  1.0  1.0
10Z:           1.0  1.2  1.0       1.0
11Z: 1.0  3.8  1.0  1.1  1.0  1.1  1.0
12Z: 1.0  2.4  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.2  1.0
13Z: 1.0  1.6  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1  1.0
14Z: 1.0  1.6  2.0       1.0       1.1
15Z: 1.0  1.8  1.0  1.8  1.0  1.1  1.0
16Z: 1.0  1.7  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.0  1.0
17Z:                1.0  1.0       1.0
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 6.0  2.0       3.7  4.2  4.4  3.7
01Z: 4.0  6.0  2.5  3.6       3.6  3.5
02Z: 4.7  3.1  2.8  4.5  4.0  3.7  3.5
03Z: 4.8  3.9       4.3       3.9  3.6
04Z: 5.0  4.7       3.8  3.4       3.6
05Z:      5.6       3.6  3.3  4.3  4.7
06Z:                          6.6
07Z:      5.6       3.8  3.5   12  3.2
08Z:      4.0                 8.0
09Z:                     4.0  7.5  3.0
10Z:                     4.1
11Z:                          1.9
12Z:                               2.0
13Z: 3.5  4.6            4.0  4.8  1.8
14Z: 5.0  4.6            3.0       3.9
15Z: 4.0  3.2            4.0  3.2
16Z: 4.2  3.0            3.4  2.7  1.4
17Z:                     3.0       1.5
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  BOU  WAR  UPS  POI  MAU  CAM  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  BER  NIC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:       5.0  4.9  5.6  4.5  7.2  6.7  6.0  5.3  5.4  6.0 10.7  7.9  7.0  7.2  5.6  7.7   F       10.7  6.6   B
01Z:       4.8  5.1  6.2       6.9  6.1       5.2  4.9  6.0 11.2  8.2  6.9  4.3  5.6  7.6   F       11.2  3.3   B
02Z:  5.3  5.9  5.2  6.6  5.6  7.4            4.7  5.0  5.8 12.5  7.7  7.1  5.5        A    F       12.5  5.9   B
03Z:       6.4  5.2  6.9       6.8  5.5       5.0  4.9  5.0 13.2  7.4  7.6   A   4.0   A    F       13.2  6.8  5.7
04Z:       8.0  5.4  6.9  5.0  6.9  5.7       5.7  5.0  4.8 12.4  7.4  7.5   A   5.3  9.5  5.8      12.4  6.2  5.2
05Z:  4.8  7.7       7.2  5.5  6.4  6.1       5.7  5.2  5.4 11.0  8.3  7.0   A   5.4 10.0   F       11.0  4.5   B   7.1
06Z:                           7.2            5.4       5.6  8.8  8.7  6.1  5.3  4.7   A             8.8  6.2  5.3  7.1
07Z:  5.0  8.0  5.8  7.4  5.5  7.5  6.7        B        5.6  9.0  6.3  6.4   A   5.4   C             9.0  6.1  5.6  6.8
08Z:       8.4  6.0  6.4  5.2  7.5                           8.8  5.7  5.4   A   7.5   C             8.8  4.3   B   6.8
09Z:       7.6  6.1 11.6  5.2  6.8  7.6                      9.2  4.4  6.5  4.3   A    A             9.2  4.1   A   7.3
10Z:            5.9  6.6  5.4       6.8                      8.3  3.8  4.9  4.6  4.0  6.9            8.3  3.8  5.4  7.1
11Z:  6.2  8.9  6.0  6.7  5.1  7.3  6.8                      8.3  3.9  6.0  4.7  4.0  6.9            8.3  5.1  6.2  8.4
12Z:  5.2  8.8  5.0  6.2       8.1  6.2                      9.4  4.1  4.8  5.4   A   7.1            9.4  5.6  5.1  9.5
13Z:  5.2  7.2  5.4  6.7  4.2  7.5  5.9                      7.5  4.1  4.1  5.3  4.8  6.3        R   7.5   A   7.3  8.4
14Z:  5.0  7.9  4.9                 7.7                      4.7  3.8  4.7  5.4   A   6.2   G        4.7  7.0  7.5  8.1
15Z:  4.5  7.8  4.8  6.8       7.4  4.7                      5.4  4.7  4.2  5.8  4.7  6.4        R   5.4  6.6  6.1  7.9
16Z:  4.8  8.2  4.3  6.7  4.4  7.3  5.1                      5.3  4.8  5.7  5.3  3.9  6.5        R   5.3  6.8  6.7
17Z:                 6.0            4.8                      8.6  5.5  5.3  5.2  4.5  7.1        R   8.6   A   6.9
18Z:                                                                   5.7  5.5  4.5  8.5        F        6.7  6.9
19Z:                                                                   5.7  6.0  4.3  5.2        F        6.8  6.6
20Z:                                                              2.2  5.9  5.6  4.7   F        5.5       6.8  7.3
21Z:                                                              4.1  6.2  5.9  4.3  4.1       5.7       6.3  6.6
22Z:                                                              7.1  7.0  4.9  4.7  5.9   G             6.9   A
23Z:                                                              7.7  7.4  5.0   B   6.6   F             7.7  8.0
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  6.41 MHz.


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  KHA  MAG  BOU  UPS  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  BER
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:      14.0 13.7 15.7 23.0 20.1 17.8 15.1 28.9 21.0 18.7 14.0 26.2   F       28.9 23.1   B
01Z:      14.9 14.8 19.2 21.4 17.1      13.5 30.2 20.0 11.6 15.1 22.0   F       30.2  8.9   B
02Z: 14.3 16.5 14.6 19.1 22.2                36.2 22.0 12.6        A    F       36.2 20.1   B
03Z:      17.9 14.6 20.0 19.7 14.9      13.5 40.9 22.8   A  13.2   A    F       40.9 19.7 17.7
04Z:      24.8 15.7 20.0 20.0 14.8      13.5 33.5 23.2   A  13.2 26.6 17.4      33.5 16.7 16.1
05Z:      22.3      20.9 17.3 15.9      13.5 30.2 21.7   A  13.0 28.0   F       30.8 14.8   B
06Z:                     20.2                25.1 19.5 12.2 14.1   A            25.5 19.2 18.6
07Z:      22.4 18.0 22.2 21.0 20.1           24.3 21.8   A  18.4   C            24.3 18.9 16.8
08Z:      24.4 17.4 19.8 23.2                27.3 14.0   A  21.8   C            27.3 11.6   B
09Z:      19.8 18.9 31.3 19.7 22.8           27.1 16.9 11.2   A    A            27.6 11.5   A
10Z:           18.3 19.1      20.4           22.4 14.2 14.3 16.0 20.0           22.4  9.9 16.2
11Z: 18.0 24.9 18.6 19.4 18.2 21.1           22.4 18.0 15.5 13.2 20.7           22.4 12.2 18.0
12Z:      24.6 12.5 19.2 23.5 17.4           30.5 15.4 15.7   A  24.1           31.0 15.7 18.4
13Z:      20.9 15.1 19.4 20.2 17.1           26.6 11.5 14.8 13.0 21.4        R  27.0   A  22.6
14Z:      21.3 13.7           20.0           12.7 15.5 14.0   A  18.6   G       12.7 22.4 24.0
15Z: 12.6 22.6 13.0 19.7 20.0 13.2           14.6 15.5 16.8 11.8 17.9        R  14.6 17.2 16.5
16Z: 12.5 23.8 12.9 13.4 19.0 14.8           15.6 17.1 14.8 15.2 18.9        R  15.9 31.3 22.8
17Z:                18.0      13.0           30.1 18.6 17.2 14.4 22.7        R  30.1   A  21.4
18Z:                                              16.0 17.6 15.3 31.5        F       20.1 22.1
19Z:                                              14.2 18.0 15.5 18.2        F       19.7 18.5
20Z:                                              15.3 15.1 15.0   F       15.4      19.7 21.2
21Z:                                              15.5 17.1 15.9 11.5      14.2      17.6 20.5
22Z:                                              18.2 13.7 14.1 19.5   G            19.3   A
23Z:                                              21.5 12.5   B  22.4   F            21.6 24.0
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 18.83 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  260  250  450            230  170
01Z:  250  270  470            250  150
02Z:  250  290  510            220  150
03Z:  260  310  510            180  150
04Z:  260  370  450            170  150
05Z:  240  360  380            160  150
06Z:       350  280            140  180
07Z:  210  390  240            140  190
08Z:  210  380  230            130  150
09Z:  200  320  240            100  140
10Z:  200  240  210             97  130
11Z:  200  160  200            110  140
12Z:       140  190            130  120
13Z:  210  100  140            160  120
14Z:        74   74            170  120
15Z:  240   54   74            180  130
16Z:        56   83            230  160
17Z:  290   63  160            280  180
18Z:  280  100  150            300  200
19Z:  270   51  180            220  170
20Z:  260   40  240            220  150
21Z:        72  250            220  160
22Z:  290  130  280            220  170
23Z:  320  140  290            260  170


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)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
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)
NIC = Nicosia                    Cyprus              (N35E033)
PAL = Palehua HI                 USA                 (N21W158)
SHE = Shemya AK                  USA                 (N52E174)
OSA = Osan AB                    Korea               (N37E127)
CNV = Cape Canaveral FL          USA                 (N28W080)
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.


