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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 06 July
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 06 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  UPS  ASH  JUL  BOU  KHA  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.9  3.0  3.2       3.2            2.8  3.3       2.7  3.0  3.0  2.8
01Z: 3.1  3.0  3.1  2.9  3.0       2.8  2.8            2.8  3.2  3.0  2.9  3.3
02Z: 2.9  2.9  3.0       3.2       2.7  2.9            2.8  2.9  3.3  3.0
03Z: 2.9  2.8  2.9  2.8  3.2            2.9            2.9  4.3  3.1  3.1  2.6
04Z: 2.9  3.0       2.8  3.2  3.0  3.0  3.0            3.1  3.0  3.0  3.1  2.7
05Z: 2.9  2.8       2.8  2.6  2.9       3.1            3.4  3.3  2.9  3.0  3.0
06Z:                2.8  2.8            3.0            3.3  3.4  3.0  3.0  3.1
07Z:                                    3.0            2.8  2.7  2.8  3.1  3.0
08Z:                                    2.8            2.9  2.8  3.1       3.0
09Z:                                                   3.0  2.7  3.0       3.1
10Z:                                                   3.0  2.9  3.3       3.1
11Z:                               3.0                 3.0  2.8  3.1       3.3
12Z:      3.1                      2.8                 2.8  3.1  3.1       3.3
13Z: 2.9  3.1  3.2  3.1  3.0       3.0                 2.9  3.7  3.0       2.8
14Z:      3.1  3.2  2.9  3.0       2.8            2.9  2.9  3.1  3.0  2.7  3.0
15Z:      3.2  3.2  3.1  3.0       2.8            3.0  3.2  3.2  3.0  2.7
16Z: 3.1  3.2  3.0  2.9  2.8       3.0            2.8  3.5  3.2  2.9  2.8
17Z:      3.1  3.0  3.1  3.0       3.1            2.8  3.0  2.6  3.0  2.7
18Z:      3.1       3.1  2.9       2.8            2.9       3.2  3.3  2.6  3.3
19Z:                                                        3.2  2.7  2.6  3.1
20Z:                                                        2.8  2.8  2.7   F
21Z:                                                        2.9  2.8  3.0   F
22Z:                                                        2.8  2.9  2.6  3.1
23Z:                                                        2.7  3.1  2.7  3.1
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.99.


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

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  2.1
01Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  2.0
02Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.7
03Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0
04Z: 1.0  1.0       1.2  1.0  2.1
05Z: 1.0  1.0       1.0  1.0  2.5
06Z: 1.0            1.0  1.0
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:                          2.6
12Z:      1.0                 2.5
13Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.6
14Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.2
15Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.5  1.0
16Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.6  1.1
17Z:      1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.9  1.1
18Z:      1.0       1.0  1.0  2.4  1.3
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 4.2  2.0  2.7  2.8  3.8
01Z: 4.1       4.0  3.0  3.5
02Z: 3.9       3.1  3.0  4.0  4.2
03Z:           3.5  3.5  3.8
04Z:                     4.0  5.2
05Z:      3.3       4.3  3.5  7.4
06Z: 4.0                 3.1
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:                          4.2
12Z:      2.4                 4.4
13Z:                3.1       3.7
14Z:           3.2  3.1       2.4
15Z:           1.3  2.9       3.6  2.5
16Z:                2.9       6.1
17Z:      2.5       2.5  1.5  4.9
18Z:      5.5       3.2  2.0  5.7
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  UPS  ASH  JUL  WAR  POI  OTI  BOU  KHA  MAU  CAM  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.6  5.1  5.3  5.0  6.2  5.1       5.4  4.9  6.7       6.4      10.2  7.3  7.5  7.1  4.9        F
01Z:  5.1  5.2  5.4  5.2  6.8  5.0  4.9  5.0  4.4  6.4                10.4  6.6  6.9  6.9  5.3  6.6  5.7
02Z:  5.3  5.1  5.4  5.2  6.3  4.9  4.0  4.9  4.5  5.9                11.0  6.6  6.9  5.8  5.2        F
03Z:  5.4  5.3  5.8  5.3  5.9  5.0       5.0  5.3  5.6                11.6  6.3  7.5  5.2  5.3  8.4   F
04Z:  5.4  5.4       5.3  5.6  5.5  8.6  5.5  5.7  5.4                13.0  6.8  6.6  4.7  5.3  9.6   F
05Z:  5.8  5.6       5.6  5.6  5.6  8.3  5.9   B   5.9                13.2  7.1  6.2  4.3  5.3 11.6   F
06Z:  5.5            5.5  5.7            5.8  5.4                      9.6  6.0  5.2  3.9  5.5 12.6
07Z:                                     6.1   A                       8.1  5.4  4.9  4.0  5.6 12.8
08Z:                                     5.8                           8.6  4.4  4.4  4.2      13.0
09Z:                                                                   8.4  3.5  4.6  4.7      13.4
10Z:                                                                   7.9  3.2  4.4  5.0      12.4
11Z:                                8.0                                7.5  3.1  4.4  5.2      10.2
12Z:       5.4                      6.6                 5.4            7.3  3.1  3.9  5.8       7.5
13Z:  5.8  5.3  5.8  6.0  7.4       7.5                 5.8            7.0  3.1  5.7  5.9       6.4
14Z:  5.2  5.6  6.3  5.0  7.2       7.4                 6.0       7.7  6.7  3.4  5.5  6.0  5.9  5.9
15Z:  5.1  5.4  6.2  5.0  6.4       7.9                 6.2       7.8  6.7  3.6  6.2  6.1  5.4
16Z:  5.0  5.1  6.4  4.8  5.7       8.2                 5.9       6.1  6.4  3.6  6.2  6.1  5.7
17Z:       5.3  5.9  5.0  5.2       7.4                 6.0       5.8  6.2  3.7  6.4  5.9  5.5
18Z:       4.9       5.0  5.0       7.0                           5.6       3.6  6.2  6.1  5.6  7.7
19Z:                                                                        3.4  6.9  5.6  5.5  4.9
20Z:                                                                        3.1  6.8  5.7  5.6   F
21Z:                                                                        4.2  7.3  6.3  5.4   F
22Z:                                                                        6.0  7.2  6.9  5.5  5.3   F
23Z:                                                                        6.8  7.6  7.0  5.5  7.4   F
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  6.13 MHz.


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

      MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  UPS  ASH  JUL  BOU  KHA  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 13.3 15.3 17.0      19.8           15.1 21.1      27.5 22.5 21.3 13.7
01Z: 15.8 15.6 16.7 15.1 20.4      13.7 14.0           28.6 22.1 20.7 15.4 21.8
02Z: 15.4 14.8 16.2      20.2      10.8 14.2           31.3 20.0 19.1 15.6
03Z: 15.7 14.8 16.8 14.8 18.9           14.5           33.6 32.2 16.1 16.4 21.8
04Z: 15.7 16.2      14.8 17.9 16.2 25.8 16.5           40.3 19.8 14.1 16.4 25.9
05Z: 16.8 15.7      15.7 14.6 16.2      18.3           44.9 20.5 12.5 15.9 34.8
06Z:                15.4 16.0           17.4           32.2 17.7 11.7 16.5 39.1
07Z:                                    18.3           23.1 13.2 11.2 17.4 38.4
08Z:                                    16.2           24.9 12.3 13.0      39.0
09Z:                                                   25.2 12.4 14.1      41.5
10Z:                                                   23.3 12.8 16.5      38.4
11Z:                               24.0                22.1 12.3 16.1      33.7
12Z:      16.7                     18.5                20.8 12.1 18.0      24.8
13Z: 16.8 16.4 18.6 18.6 22.2      22.5                20.3 21.1 17.7      17.9
14Z:      17.4 20.2 14.5 21.6      20.7           22.3 19.4 17.0 18.0 15.9 17.7
15Z:      17.3 19.8 15.5 19.2      22.1           23.4 21.1 19.8 18.3 14.6
16Z: 15.5 16.3 19.2 13.9 16.0      24.6           17.1 22.1 19.8 17.7 16.0
17Z:      16.4 17.7 15.5 15.6      22.9           16.2 18.6 16.6 17.7 14.9
18Z:      15.2      15.5 14.5      19.6           16.2      19.8 20.1 14.6 25.4
19Z:                                                        22.1 15.1 14.3 15.2
20Z:                                                        19.0 16.0 15.1   F
21Z:                                                        21.2 17.6 16.2   F
22Z:                                                        20.2 20.0 14.3 16.4
23Z:                                                        20.5 21.7 14.9 22.9
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 18.29 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  260  130  370                  96
01Z:  250  170  400            220   88
02Z:  240  210  410            160   79
03Z:  230  270  440            140   77
04Z:  200  330  460            110   35
05Z:  180  430  440             93   35
06Z:  160  490  280             81   43
07Z:  160  440  220             73   47
08Z:  160  400  220             68   55
09Z:  160  430  210             52   61
10Z:  160  500  170             45   52
11Z:  160       160             64   26
12Z:  170       150            100   24
13Z:  210       150            130   22
14Z:  250       140            150   27
15Z:       110  130            180   37
16Z:       100  120            180  110
17Z:  260  110  130            190  120
18Z:  260  120  160            210  130
19Z:  270  120  170            250  160
20Z:  280  120  200            250  150
21Z:  290  150  230            260  140
22Z:  290  180  250            260  140
23Z:  290  240  260            270  120


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

MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
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)
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.


