From solar-daily-request@lut.fi Tue Jul 13 07:20:17 1993
Received: from lut.fi by cs.tut.fi with SMTP id AA23809
  (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <rko@cs.tut.fi>); Tue, 13 Jul 1993 07:20:14 +0300
Received: by lut.fi with TULP
	(5.65c/IDA-1.4.4/Kim-2.2) id AA06011; Tue, 13 Jul 1993 07:18:44 +0300
Received: from rho.uleth.ca by lut.fi with SMTP
 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4/Kim-2.2) id AA05923; Tue, 13 Jul 1993 07:17:49 +0300
Return-Path: <oler@rho.uleth.ca>
Received: by rho.uleth.ca (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C)
 id AA26309; Mon, 12 Jul 93 22:16:47 -0600
From: oler@rho.uleth.ca (Cary Oler)
Message-Id: <9307130416.AA26309@rho.uleth.ca>
Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 12 July
To: solar-daily@lut.fi
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 93 22:16:44 MDT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
Reply-To: SOLAR-DAILY Distribution List <solar-daily@lut.fi>
X-Sequence: 886
Status: OR

                    ---------------------------------------
                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 12 JUL 93
                    ---------------------------------------


M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA  UPS  JUL  MUR  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  KEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.0                 2.9       2.8  3.0       2.8  3.6  3.2  2.5  3.0  3.0  2.8
01Z: 2.8  2.9            2.9       2.8  2.8       3.0  2.5  2.9  3.0  3.8  2.8  3.0
02Z: 2.8  2.7            3.2            2.7       3.2  3.1  2.4  3.1        F   3.2
03Z: 3.1  2.9            3.0       2.9  3.0       3.0  3.3  2.8  3.0       3.0  3.1
04Z: 2.8  2.9            3.3       3.0  2.8       3.1  3.0  2.6  3.0   C   3.0  3.1
05Z: 3.0  3.1                      3.0  3.3       3.2  3.1  3.1  3.0   C    F   3.3
06Z:                                    3.2       3.4  3.9  3.2  3.1  2.9       3.4
07Z:                                    3.1        C    A   2.7       3.1        C
08Z:                                    3.1       3.0  4.6  3.1        A        3.0
09Z:                                              2.9  2.6  3.4       3.0       2.9
10Z: 3.0                                          3.0  3.3  3.6       3.2       2.9
11Z: 2.7                                          3.0  2.6  3.0                 3.0
12Z: 3.0            3.2       3.0                 3.3  2.9  3.3       2.8       3.3
13Z: 2.8  3.2       3.3       3.1                 3.2  3.0  2.9       3.0       3.3
14Z: 3.0  3.2       3.3       3.1                 3.0  3.6   B                  3.1
15Z: 3.2       3.0  3.1                      3.1  3.2  3.2  3.0        F        3.2
16Z: 3.1  3.0       2.8  2.9                      3.5  3.1  3.0        F        3.5
17Z: 3.1  2.8  3.0                                3.3  2.7  2.9        F        3.3
18Z:                                                   3.6  2.8        F
19Z:                                                   2.9  3.0
20Z:                                                        2.8
21Z:                                                        3.0   B
22Z:                                                        3.1   B         F
23Z:                                                        2.9       3.4  3.0
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.05.


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

     SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA  MUR
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  1.2  1.2  1.0  2.2  1.1
01Z: 1.0  1.0  3.4  1.0  2.2  1.2
02Z: 1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  2.7  1.2
03Z: 1.0  1.0  1.7  1.0  2.2  1.3
04Z: 1.0  1.0  1.4  1.0  1.5  1.2
05Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
06Z:
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z: 3.2
11Z: 1.5                      1.1
12Z: 1.6  1.3  1.4  1.0       1.0  1.5
13Z: 2.0  1.0  1.0  1.0       1.0  1.2
14Z: 1.0  1.0       1.0  2.0  1.0  1.0
15Z: 1.0       1.5  1.0  3.0  1.0  1.4
16Z: 1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  3.0       1.0
17Z: 1.0  1.0  1.5       3.4
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.7  2.8  4.0  3.2  3.0  7.4
01Z: 3.0  2.9       3.3       6.2
02Z:      3.1       3.3       9.1
03Z: 3.0  3.1       3.4  3.5  8.2
04Z: 4.3  3.2       3.5  4.5  6.3
05Z: 3.6  3.4       5.5
06Z:
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:                          6.3
12Z: 3.5  8.7  3.0  3.8       8.8
13Z:      5.3  2.5  3.5       9.0
14Z: 5.0  4.3            4.8  9.0
15Z: 3.0       3.2  3.8       7.4
16Z: 2.3  3.0  5.2
17Z:      4.0  4.2
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA  UPS  JUL  WAR  POI  MUR  OTI  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.0       4.0       4.3       3.9  4.6  4.2  5.1           10.2  5.2  4.4  4.3  6.0  4.5 10.2
01Z:  4.3  4.8  4.0       4.1       3.2  4.3  4.3  4.6           11.2  5.4  4.1  4.6  4.2  4.7 11.2
02Z:  4.6  5.2  4.1  4.4  5.5            4.2   C   4.7           11.6  5.9  3.7  4.6        F  11.6
03Z:  4.8  5.2  4.2  4.5  6.3       3.8  3.7   B   4.5           11.0  7.5  3.3  4.7       4.9 11.0
04Z:  5.1  5.2  4.3  4.4  6.6       4.2  4.5  5.2  4.0           11.4  6.4  3.6  4.7   C   4.6 11.4
05Z:  5.1  5.2  4.5  4.5            5.2  5.4  5.7  4.5           11.6  6.1  3.0  4.5   C    F  11.6
06Z:                                     5.6  6.0  5.4           10.6  5.2  2.6  4.7  6.6      10.6
07Z:                                     6.2  6.0  5.5            8.6   A   3.5       6.4       8.6
08Z:                                     6.3                      7.0  5.8  3.6        A        7.0
09Z:                                                              7.0  3.6  3.7       6.3       7.0
10Z:  5.3                                                         6.9  5.9  4.0       6.7       6.9
11Z:  5.0                                                         6.9  5.7  4.7                 6.9
12Z:  5.1       4.6  5.5       6.2                      5.5  4.4  7.3  4.5  4.6       5.2       7.3
13Z:  4.9  5.0  4.5  5.6       6.2                      5.3  4.8  5.7  6.1  5.3       4.8       5.7
14Z:  5.2  5.2       4.2       4.7                      5.2  5.3  4.5  5.8   B                  4.5
15Z:  4.7       4.8  3.8                                5.0  4.9  4.8  5.5  5.3        F        4.8
16Z:  4.5  5.2       2.8  5.2                           5.0  0.9  4.7  6.0  5.7        F        4.7
17Z:  5.0  5.2  4.8                                          5.0  5.6  5.9  5.6        F        5.7
18Z:                                                         5.0       5.2  5.4        F
19Z:                                                                   6.5  5.5
20Z:                                                                        5.3
21Z:                                                                        5.6   B
22Z:                                                                        6.5   B         F        5.9
23Z:                                                                        6.7       5.6  5.0       6.2
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.54 MHz.


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

      SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA  UPS  JUL  MUR  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  KEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 12.0                12.5      10.7 13.8      28.6 18.7 14.1 10.8 18.0 13.5 28.6
01Z: 12.0 13.9           11.9       9.0 12.0      33.0 13.5 11.9 13.8 16.0 13.2 33.6
02Z: 12.9 14.0           17.6           11.3      37.1 18.3  8.9 14.3        F  37.1
03Z: 14.9 15.1           18.9      11.0 11.1      33.5 24.8  9.2 14.1      14.7 34.1
04Z: 14.3 15.1           21.8      12.4 12.6      35.3 19.2  9.4 14.1   C  13.8 35.3
05Z: 15.3 16.1                     15.3 17.8      37.7 18.9  9.3 13.5   C    F  38.3
06Z:                                    17.9      36.0 20.3  8.3 14.6 19.1      36.0
07Z:                                    19.2        C    A   9.4      19.8        C
08Z:                                    19.5      20.6 26.7 11.2        A       21.0
09Z:                                              20.3  9.4 12.6      18.9      20.3
10Z: 15.9                                         20.4 19.5 14.4      21.4      20.0
11Z: 13.5                                         20.4 14.8 14.1                20.7
12Z: 15.3           17.6      18.6                24.1 13.1 15.2      14.6      24.1
13Z: 13.7 16.0      18.5      19.2                18.5 18.3 15.4      14.4      18.8
14Z: 15.6 16.6      13.9      14.6                13.7 20.9   B                 13.9
15Z: 15.0      14.4 11.8                     15.5 15.4 17.6 15.9        F       15.4
16Z: 13.9 15.6       7.8 15.1                     16.2 18.6 17.1        F       16.4
17Z: 15.5 14.6 14.4                               18.5 15.9 16.2        F       18.8
18Z:                                                   18.7 15.1        F
19Z:                                                   18.9 16.5
20Z:                                                        14.8
21Z:                                                        16.8   B
22Z:                                                        20.1   B         F
23Z:                                                        19.4      19.0 15.0
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 16.93 MHz.


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

      TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  BOU  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:       370            130  190   60
01Z:       370            120  200   62
02Z:                      120  210   68
03Z:       370             96  220   58
04Z:       360             87  200   63
05Z:  330  350             87  170   67
06Z:  240  290             88  160   62
07Z:  230  230             84  160   56
08Z:  220  170             52  150   57
09Z:  220  140             35  150   50
10Z:       130             33  150   32
11Z:       120             41  140   18
12Z:       120             78  150   17
13Z:  110  100            150  190   13
14Z:   99   74                 230   14
15Z:   99   63            190  230   36
16Z:        58            200  220   57
17Z:  100  100            170        84
18Z:       130            170       140
19Z:       160            190  220  150
20Z:  110  200            190       140
21Z:  120  220            170  210  130
22Z:  140  240            160  210  120
23Z:       260            180       120


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

SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
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)
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.


