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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 09 July
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 09 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  TOM  JUL  UPS  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  RAM  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.9  2.7                 2.8       2.9  2.8  3.2  3.0       3.0   F   3.1            3.2
01Z: 2.8  2.8                      2.5  2.7  3.0  3.1  2.7       3.6   F   3.4            3.1
02Z:      2.6       2.6       2.8  2.5  2.8  2.8  3.3  2.5       3.3   F   3.3            3.1  3.2
03Z:      2.5       2.3       2.8       2.8       3.4   A        3.0   F   2.9            3.0  3.3
04Z:      2.6                 3.0  2.6  2.9  2.7  3.0   A        3.0  3.0  3.2            2.8  3.3
05Z:      2.8            2.6  3.2  2.8       2.5  2.9  2.5       2.8   F   2.8            2.7
06Z:      2.4       2.8  2.7  2.8  2.7            2.9  2.7       2.9       2.8            2.9
07Z:                                    2.9       2.9  2.9       2.9       3.0            3.3  3.4
08Z:      2.3            3.0       3.0  2.7       2.9  2.7       2.9       3.0            2.9
09Z:      2.8       2.8  3.0  2.9  2.9            3.5  3.4       3.1       3.0            3.1
10Z:      2.8       3.0  3.0  3.1                 4.5  3.6       3.2       3.2            3.0  3.4
11Z:      2.8            3.0  3.0  3.0            3.3  3.7       3.2        A             2.4  3.0
12Z:      2.7                 3.1                 3.2   A        3.0       2.9            3.1
13Z:      3.0            3.0       2.6            3.5  3.5        R         A             2.9
14Z:      3.0  2.8  2.9  3.0       3.0            2.8  3.7       3.2       3.1            2.8
15Z:                     3.0  2.8  3.0            3.0  4.0       2.9                      2.8
16Z: 2.6                 3.0  2.8                 2.9  3.7                           2.9   A   2.7
17Z:                                              2.7  2.7       2.9                 2.9  2.7
18Z:                                              3.2  2.7                           3.2  2.9
19Z:                                              3.0  2.9                           2.9  2.9
20Z:                                                        3.8                  A   2.9
21Z:                                              2.7  3.1  3.5                 3.0  2.8  2.8
22Z:                                              3.0  2.7  3.7                 3.5  2.8  2.8
23Z:                                              3.1  3.2  3.7  3.4   F        3.6  3.0  3.0
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.98.


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

     MUR  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  TOM
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.1  1.0  1.0  1.3  1.0  1.5
01Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0       1.0       1.0
02Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1  1.0  1.5  1.0
03Z: 1.0  1.0  1.2  1.4  1.0  1.2
04Z:      3.3       1.1  1.0  1.1  1.6
05Z: 3.0  3.4       1.2  1.0  2.2  1.4
06Z: 1.0  2.0  1.8  1.1  1.0  3.4  1.0
07Z:           3.2  1.4
08Z: 1.0  1.0  1.3  1.2  1.0       1.7
09Z:      1.0  1.3  1.1  1.0  2.5  1.0
10Z: 1.0  1.0  1.2  1.1  1.1  2.0
11Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1  1.1  3.5  1.0
12Z: 1.0  1.0  1.2  1.1  1.0  1.6
13Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0       1.0  1.4  1.0
14Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0       1.2
15Z:           1.0  1.1  1.0  2.2  1.0
16Z: 1.5  1.0       1.1  1.0  2.0
17Z:
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  TOM
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 4.3       3.2  6.1  3.8
01Z: 2.9       2.8       3.6
02Z:                3.8  4.1  2.9  2.9
03Z:                3.8  3.6  3.5
04Z:                5.3  3.2  3.6  3.4
05Z:                4.8  3.2  4.8  5.4
06Z:                3.6  3.3  5.2  4.0
07Z:                6.2
08Z:      3.5       6.8  3.1       3.4
09Z:                7.7  3.4  7.1  3.3
10Z:                4.5  2.5  4.0
11Z:                6.1  2.0  4.5
12Z:           3.6  8.5  2.0  4.6
13Z:                     1.2  6.4  2.6
14Z:           4.0  5.5            2.0
15Z:           4.0  6.8       3.8  2.0
16Z: 5.0  2.3       6.5       4.9
17Z:
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  TOM  JUL  UPS  WAR  POI  OTI  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  RAM  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.7  3.8  4.2       4.6  6.3       4.6  3.7   B   6.7       6.9  5.4       6.3   F        7.0            6.9  7.7
01Z:  4.3  4.2  4.4       4.7       4.3  4.2  3.5   B   5.5       6.8  5.2       7.0  4.8       5.8            6.7
02Z:  4.0  4.2  4.4  5.5       6.3  4.6  4.0  3.6   B   5.7       6.5  4.1       6.8  4.7       5.0            6.3  7.1
03Z:  4.3  4.3  4.0  5.5       7.4       4.0       4.4  5.0       5.8   A        6.4  4.6       5.1            5.3  6.9
04Z:       4.5            4.6  7.6  5.2  4.1  4.1   B   4.0       6.3   A        6.2  4.9       4.3            5.2  7.0
05Z:  4.4  4.8            4.8  7.4  5.2   A   4.2   B             5.8  3.2       6.0  4.8       5.0            5.2
06Z:  4.4  4.9  4.9  6.1  4.8  6.9  5.3   A        5.0            4.6  3.2       6.5            4.8            5.2
07Z:            4.9                      5.2       5.2            4.6  3.5       6.9            4.4            4.9  7.1
08Z:  4.7  4.6  4.9       5.0       5.4  5.2                      4.7  3.5       8.3            3.8            4.2
09Z:       4.8  4.8  5.2  5.1  8.0  5.3                           5.3  3.2       9.0            3.8            4.0
10Z:  4.8  5.0  5.0  5.2  5.3  7.0                                4.1  3.8       9.5            4.1            3.6  3.0
11Z:  5.0  5.0  5.2       5.8  6.3  5.3                           4.9  4.0       7.5             A             3.4  2.8
12Z:       4.8  5.0       6.3  6.5                           4.8  3.5   A        6.5            4.1            4.3  3.1
13Z:  5.0  4.8  5.0       6.0       5.1                           4.7  4.5        R              A             5.1  3.2
14Z:  4.8  4.8  5.0  6.2  5.7       5.1                      5.0  5.5  4.4       6.4        G   4.9            5.9  3.4
15Z:            4.5       5.2  6.1  5.6                      5.4  7.6  4.3       5.5        G                  7.6  3.1
16Z:  5.0                 4.3  7.2                           4.8  7.9  4.4                                6.7   A   3.1
17Z:                                                         5.3  7.8  5.0       5.0       4.3            7.3  7.3
18Z:                                                         5.1  8.9  4.9                  R             8.4  6.9
19Z:                                                              8.5  5.1                                7.5  6.8
20Z:                                                                        4.0                       A   6.9
21Z:                                                              6.4  4.9  4.3            5.0       5.3  6.2  5.4
22Z:                                                              6.4  5.1  4.2                      4.6  7.2  5.5
23Z:                                                              6.2  4.9  4.2  7.2   F             3.0  6.7  5.9
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.28 MHz.


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

      MUR  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  TOM  JUL  UPS  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  RAM  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 13.6 10.3                17.6      13.3 10.5 22.1 16.2      18.9   F  21.7           22.1
01Z: 12.0 11.8                     10.8 11.3 10.3 21.1 14.0      25.2   F  19.7           20.8
02Z:      10.9      14.3      17.6 11.5 11.2 10.1 21.4 10.2      22.4   F  16.5           19.5 22.7
03Z:      10.8      12.6      20.7      11.2      19.7   A       19.2   F  14.8           15.9 22.8
04Z:      11.7                22.8 13.5 11.9 10.9 18.9   A       18.6 14.7 13.8           14.6 23.1
05Z:      13.4           12.5 23.7 14.6   A  10.5 16.8  8.0      16.8   F  14.0           14.0
06Z:      11.8      17.1 13.0 19.3 14.3   A       13.3  8.6      18.9      13.4           15.1
07Z:                                    15.1      13.3 10.2      20.0      13.2           16.2 24.1
08Z:      10.6           15.0      16.2 14.0      13.6  9.4      24.1      11.4           12.2
09Z:      13.4      14.6 15.3 23.2 15.4           18.6 10.9      27.9      11.4           12.4
10Z:      14.0      15.6 15.9 21.7                18.4 13.7      30.4      13.1           10.8 10.2
11Z:      14.0           17.4 18.9 15.9           16.2 14.8      24.0        A             8.2  8.4
12Z:      13.0                20.1                11.2   A       19.5      11.9           13.3
13Z:      14.4           18.0      13.3           16.4 15.8        R         A            14.8
14Z:      14.4 14.0 18.0 17.1      15.3           15.4 16.3      20.5      15.2           16.5
15Z:                     15.6 17.1 16.8           22.8 17.2      16.0                     21.3
16Z: 13.0                12.9 20.2                22.9 16.3                          19.4   A   8.4
17Z:                                              21.1 13.5      14.5                21.2 19.7
18Z:                                              28.5 13.2                          26.9 20.0
19Z:                                              25.5 14.8                          21.8 19.7
20Z:                                                        15.2                  A  20.0
21Z:                                              17.3 15.2 15.1                15.9 17.4 15.1
22Z:                                              19.2 13.8 15.5                16.1 20.2 15.4
23Z:                                              19.2 15.7 15.5 24.5   F       10.8 20.1 17.7
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 15.75 MHz.


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

      TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  BOU  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  220  280            190  220   78
01Z:  240  330            170  240   76
02Z:  240  360                 240   72
03Z:  260  360                 210   69
04Z:  270  360                 200   73
05Z:  270  340            100  180   73
06Z:  290  300            100  170   78
07Z:  310  240             95  170   77
08Z:  330  170             82  170   80
09Z:  350  130             65  160   80
10Z:  310  140             59  160   58
11Z:  190  120             61  150   50
12Z:  150   81             94  150   36
13Z:  120   84            130  200   38
14Z:  120   77            170  250   40
15Z:  110   57            230  300   55
16Z:   96   70            260  310   76
17Z:   96  110            290        90
18Z:       160            280  330  110
19Z:       170            250        98
20Z:                           240   98
21Z:       240            170  210   88
22Z:       290            160  200   83
23Z:  190  270            160  210   76


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

MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
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)
RAM = Ramey AFB                  Puerto Rico         (N18W067)
BER = Bermuda                    Bermuda             (N32W064)
NIC = Nicosia                    Cyprus              (N35E033)
DYS = Dyess AFB TX               USA                 (N32W099)
TOW = Townsville                 Australia           (S19E147)
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.


