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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 02 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     ASH  SAL  TOM  KHA  MAG  JUL  UPS  BOU  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA  RAM
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.7  2.6  2.4       2.8  2.5       3.1  2.5  2.7   A   2.5  3.2  2.6  3.0
01Z: 2.6  2.6  2.6       2.8  2.7  3.0       2.5  3.3   A   3.1  3.3  2.5  3.0
02Z: 2.5  2.5  2.7  2.9  2.6  2.8  2.8       2.5  3.2   A   2.4  2.7  2.5  3.2
03Z: 3.0       2.4  2.8       2.9  2.8       2.8  3.0   A   3.2  2.8  2.9  3.1
04Z:      2.6  2.9       3.0       2.8       3.1  3.3   A   2.9   R   3.1  2.4
05Z:      2.5  2.7            2.8  2.5       3.1  3.2   A   2.8  2.7  3.1  2.7
06Z:      2.6            2.8  2.8            2.8  3.1  2.5  2.2  2.7  2.9  2.8
07Z:      2.7       2.9  2.8  2.7            2.8  2.6  2.3  2.2  2.9  2.8  2.8
08Z:      2.5                 2.7            2.8  3.0   A   2.6  3.0  2.8  2.9
09Z: 2.8  2.6       3.0  3.0                 3.0  2.8  2.8  2.8  3.1  3.1  2.8
10Z: 2.8  2.7            3.0                 3.0  2.9  3.0  3.3  2.9  3.0  3.2
11Z:      2.9       2.9  2.8                      3.1  2.9  2.7   R    A    A
12Z: 2.6            2.7  2.9                 3.0  2.6  3.2  2.5  2.9  3.1  3.9
13Z:                2.6  2.8                 3.2  3.0  3.2   A   3.0  3.2  3.7
14Z: 2.9            2.9  2.6                  F   3.2  2.9   A         A    A
15Z:           2.9  2.8  2.6                 3.0  2.8  2.4   A   2.8  3.0  3.8
16Z: 2.9       2.9  2.6  2.6                 3.0   A   2.6   A   2.9  3.0  2.4
17Z: 2.6       3.0       2.8                 2.4  4.1  2.7   B   2.5  2.4  2.6
18Z:                     2.8                      2.5  2.8  3.8  2.6       2.7
19Z:                                              2.5   A        3.0       2.8
20Z:                                              2.5  2.7       3.1       2.5
21Z:                                              2.6  2.8  3.5  3.0       2.8
22Z:                                              2.6  3.1        A        2.7
23Z:                                              2.7  2.9   A    A        2.6
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.83.


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  KHA  MAG  DIX
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.0  1.6  1.0  1.1  1.3  1.0
01Z: 3.1  2.1  1.0  1.0       1.0  1.4
02Z:      1.5  1.0  1.0  1.5  1.0
03Z:      1.8       1.0  1.6  1.0
04Z: 3.0  2.0  1.0  1.0  1.3  1.0
05Z: 3.2  2.0  1.0  1.0       1.0
06Z: 2.2  3.5  1.0       1.4  1.0
07Z: 1.2  3.5  1.0       1.3  1.0  1.8
08Z: 1.0  2.7  1.0       1.3  1.0  1.0
09Z: 1.0  2.7  1.0       1.0  1.0  1.2
10Z:      2.0  1.0            1.0  1.0
11Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0       1.3  1.0  1.5
12Z: 1.0  1.9            1.0  1.0  1.0
13Z: 1.0  1.7            1.2  1.0  1.0
14Z: 1.0  1.4            1.3  1.0
15Z: 1.0  2.0       1.0  1.2  1.0
16Z: 1.0  1.8       1.4  1.4  1.0
17Z: 1.0  1.8       1.0       1.0  1.6
18Z:                          1.0  1.4
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  ASH  TOM  KHA  MAG  DIX
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 4.5       2.4  8.0  4.4
01Z: 4.8       3.1       4.3  5.2
02Z:      2.5  3.3  8.9  4.0
03Z:      4.2        10  6.5
04Z:      5.6  3.4   10  5.4
05Z:      5.6  4.8       5.5
06Z:      6.6       7.4  5.4
07Z:      5.4       6.0  5.9  3.2
08Z:      4.7       7.2  7.1
09Z:                9.0  4.2
10Z:                     5.9  3.5
11Z:      7.1       3.7  3.0  4.4
12Z:      4.1       2.3  1.3  5.1
13Z:      6.9                 4.0
14Z: 6.5  6.0
15Z: 6.5  3.8  1.6
16Z: 5.2  3.2            1.3
17Z: 5.0  4.0            1.4  3.2
18Z:                     2.0  4.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  KHA  MAG  DIX  JUL  UPS  WAR  BOU  OTI  MAU  CAM  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  ARG
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:       5.1  4.6  4.6       5.6       4.8  4.2   B   7.0       7.4  7.8  7.8   A   5.5  7.2   F   7.4  8.3   B
01Z:       4.6  4.4  4.6       5.3       4.6  3.2  4.1            7.5  8.8  7.7   A   5.5  7.0   F   7.5  8.4   B
02Z:       5.0  4.4  5.2  6.2  5.3       4.2  3.6   B             7.8  7.8  7.3   A   5.1  6.2   F   7.8  8.1   B
03Z:       6.0       5.0  6.1            4.2  4.0  4.6            8.4  8.2  6.3   A   4.4  8.2  4.9  8.4  5.7   B
04Z:  4.5       4.8  5.5       5.6        A   4.5  5.4            8.5  8.1  5.1   A   4.6   R    F   8.5  5.2   B
05Z:  4.8       4.8  5.3                 4.9  4.7  5.0            7.4  7.7  6.3   A   4.3  8.6       7.4  4.7   B
06Z:  5.1       5.0            5.4       5.5       5.6            7.0  6.7  4.9  3.3  4.5  9.6       7.0  4.5   B
07Z:  5.1       5.1       6.4  5.7  5.2  5.3        B             6.5  6.9  5.6  3.6  5.2 11.0       6.5  4.1   B
08Z:  5.2       5.1                 5.3  5.6                      6.3  4.8  4.7   A   4.4 11.8       6.3  3.8   B
09Z:  5.3  6.8  5.0       6.5  6.6  5.1                           6.6  4.8  4.4  4.1  3.7 10.4       6.6  3.5   B
10Z:       6.9  4.9            7.0  5.1                           5.7  4.5  4.5  4.3  4.4  6.9       5.7  4.1  5.5
11Z:  5.2       5.0       7.8  7.0  5.0                                3.2  4.2  5.2  4.6   R         A    A    B
12Z:  5.8  7.2            7.9  6.9                           4.7  5.3  3.2  3.5  6.0  4.5  7.5       5.3  4.5   B
13Z:  4.9                 8.0  6.5  5.8                      5.2  4.4  3.5  5.0  6.4   A   6.5       4.4  4.5   B
14Z:       7.3            8.2  5.6                           4.6   F   3.6  5.0  6.2   A              A    A    B
15Z:                 6.4  7.2                                4.7  5.0  3.6  4.6  5.8   A   7.5       5.0  4.6   A
16Z:       8.2       6.1  6.3  4.9                           5.4  4.7  3.7   A   6.1   A   7.5       4.7  5.4   B
17Z:       7.9       6.0       4.7                           5.8  5.2  3.3  4.6  7.0   B   6.6       5.2  5.9  6.1
18Z:                           4.8                           8.6       3.6  5.4  7.3  4.3  6.7            6.2   B
19Z:                                                                   2.7  5.8   A        6.5            6.6   B
20Z:                                                                   2.4  5.9  7.0       7.0            6.8   B
21Z:                                                                   5.0  6.1  6.2  4.2  6.0            7.3   B
22Z:                                                                   6.3  6.2  6.0        A    R        7.4   B
23Z:                                                                   7.1  6.6  6.7   A    A    F        8.2   B
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.78 MHz.


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

      ASH  SAL  TOM  KHA  MAG  JUL  UPS  BOU  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA  RAM
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 13.8 12.0 11.0      15.7 12.0      21.6 18.9 21.1   A  13.8 23.0 19.2 24.9
01Z: 12.0 11.4 12.0      14.8 12.4  9.6      18.8 25.4   A  17.0 23.1 18.8 25.2
02Z: 12.5 11.0 14.0 18.0 13.8 11.8 10.1      19.5 23.4   A  12.2 16.7 19.5 25.9
03Z: 18.0      12.0 17.1      12.2 11.0      23.9 18.9   A  14.1 23.0 24.4 17.7
04Z:      12.5 16.0      16.8   A  12.8      26.3 16.8   A  13.3   R  26.3 12.5
05Z:      12.0 14.3           13.7 12.0      22.9 20.2   A  12.0 23.2 22.9 12.7
06Z:      13.0           15.1 15.4           19.9 15.2  8.2  9.9 25.9 20.3 12.6
07Z:      13.8      18.6 16.0 14.3           17.9 14.6  8.3 11.4 31.9 18.2 11.5
08Z:      12.8                15.1           17.6 14.1   A  11.4 35.4 17.6 11.0
09Z: 19.0 13.0      19.5 19.8                20.1 12.3 11.5 10.4 32.2 20.5  9.8
10Z: 19.3 13.2           21.0                16.8 13.1 12.9 14.5 20.0 17.1 13.1
11Z:      14.5      22.6 19.6                     13.0 15.1 12.4   R    A    A
12Z: 18.7           21.3 20.0                16.2  9.1 19.2 11.2 21.8 16.4 17.6
13Z:                20.8 18.2                14.1 15.0 20.5   A  19.5 14.1 16.6
14Z: 21.2           23.8 14.6                  F  16.0 18.0   A         A    A
15Z:           18.6 20.2                     14.8 12.9 13.9   A  21.0 15.0 17.5
16Z: 23.8      17.7 16.4 12.7                14.1   A  15.9   A  21.8 14.1 13.0
17Z: 20.5      18.0      13.2                12.5 18.9 18.9   B  16.5 12.5 15.3
18Z:                     13.4                     13.5 20.4 16.3 17.4      16.7
19Z:                                              14.5   A       19.5      18.5
20Z:                                              14.8 18.9      21.7      17.0
21Z:                                              15.9 17.4 14.7 18.0      20.4
22Z:                                              16.1 18.6        A       20.0
23Z:                                              17.8 19.4   A    A       21.3
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 16.38 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  320  150  280                 160
01Z:  300  200  280            260  150
02Z:  280  210  280            220  130
03Z:  240  260  280            120  130
04Z:       260  260             92  120
05Z:  170  300  230             85  130
06Z:  170  340  180             88  150
07Z:       370  140             93  160
08Z:  160  400  130             84  160
09Z:       380  130             77  150
10Z:  160  300  120             69  130
11Z:  140  250   94             67  110
12Z:  150  210   92             79   79
13Z:  180  170   76            120   81
14Z:  200  130   80            150   97
15Z:  230  160   74            180  120
16Z:  240  120   81            210  150
17Z:  250   97  150            240  170
18Z:  260  110  190            260  190
19Z:  270   97  210                 180
20Z:  280   86  220            280  170
21Z:       120                 260  150
22Z:  250  180  260            240  150
23Z:  240  140  290            210  130


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)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
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)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156)
RAM = Ramey AFB                  Puerto Rico         (N18W067)
ARG = Argentia                   Canada              (N48W053)
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.


