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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 13 July
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 13 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  KHA  UPS  JUL  MAU  VBG  GOO  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  NIC  DYS
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.6  2.7  3.0  2.9                 2.8  2.9  2.6       3.3  3.3  3.1  2.6  3.1       3.1
01Z: 3.1       2.7  3.1                 3.1  2.8  2.7       3.3  2.9   F   2.7   A   3.0  3.2
02Z: 2.7       2.6  2.4            2.6  3.2  3.2  2.8       3.3   A    F   2.8  2.5  2.9  3.4
03Z: 2.5  2.9  2.7  3.3            2.9  3.3  2.9  3.1        A    A    A   3.1  2.5  3.3  3.2
04Z:      3.2  2.9  2.9            2.4       3.4  3.2       2.9   A    F   3.2  3.0  3.6  3.0
05Z:      2.9  2.8  2.6            2.7  2.5  3.2  3.2       2.8   A   3.2  3.2  2.8  3.5  3.0
06Z:      2.8  3.1  2.4            2.7       3.0  3.5       2.7   A        3.5  3.0  3.2  2.9
07Z:           3.0  2.8       3.0  3.1       2.8  3.0        A    A        3.0  3.1  2.8  3.0
08Z:           2.6  3.1       3.0  2.8       3.1  3.0        A             3.0  2.6  3.0  3.1
09Z:           3.1  2.8       2.9                 2.9        A   3.2       2.9  2.8  2.9  3.1
10Z:                2.8       3.0  2.9            3.0       3.4            3.0  2.6  2.9  3.4
11Z:           3.0  3.1       3.2  2.9            2.8       3.5  1.1       2.8  3.4  2.8  3.1
12Z:           2.9            3.2  3.0            3.0       3.4  1.1       2.8  3.3  2.7  3.0
13Z:      2.9  3.1  3.2  3.3  3.2  3.0            3.0       3.6  1.1       3.0  3.4  3.0  3.0
14Z: 2.8       2.9  3.0  2.9  3.2  3.1            2.7       3.7            2.7  3.5  3.2  3.3
15Z: 3.1  2.9  3.0  3.0  2.9  3.2  3.0            2.8       3.3   A        2.8  3.5  3.1  3.3
16Z: 3.2       3.1  3.3  3.3  3.1  3.1            2.9        A    A        2.9  2.7  2.9  3.4
17Z: 3.1       3.1  3.2       3.0  3.0            2.8       3.9   A        2.8  3.0  3.2  3.1
18Z: 3.1       3.1  3.0                                     3.3   F             3.7  3.2  2.8
19Z:                                                        2.7                 4.5  3.1  3.0
20Z:                                                        2.8   F              A   2.9  3.2
21Z:                                                   2.9  3.0  1.1             A   2.8  2.9
22Z:                                                   3.4  2.9  3.4   F        3.0  2.9  3.1
23Z:                                                   3.3  3.2        F        3.0  3.2  3.2
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.99.


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.3
01Z: 3.0       1.0  1.0  1.4  1.0  1.2
02Z: 1.4       1.0  1.0  1.4  1.0  1.3
03Z: 3.5  7.6  1.0  1.5       1.0  1.5
04Z:      2.2  3.0  1.2       1.0  1.4
05Z: 2.0  1.9  1.8  1.0       1.0  1.4
06Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.4       1.0  1.4
07Z: 1.0  2.1  1.0  1.6       1.0  1.2
08Z: 3.6  2.1  1.8  1.0  3.2  1.0  1.1
09Z:      2.0  2.0  1.0  1.6  1.0  1.0
10Z:      1.8       1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1
11Z:           3.5  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2
12Z:      2.2  2.0       1.0  1.0  1.2
13Z: 3.3  1.8  1.7  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2
14Z: 3.0  2.6  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1
15Z: 2.8  1.4  1.8  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1
16Z: 1.0  1.7  1.0  1.0  1.4  1.0  1.1
17Z: 1.0  1.8  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.0
18Z: 1.0  1.8  1.0  1.0       1.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.1  2.6  4.0  3.8  4.2  3.4  8.1
01Z:           4.0  5.0  4.0  3.7  8.2
02Z:           2.6  6.6  3.0  3.8  4.2
03Z:                4.0       3.5  3.8
04Z:      3.5       4.2       3.8  3.2
05Z:                4.1       2.8
06Z:      4.6       3.8       2.4
07Z:       10       4.0       2.0  4.9
08Z:       11  3.6            2.6  3.1
09Z:      6.0            3.7  2.4  6.0
10Z:      7.7                 1.8  6.0
11Z:                          1.5  3.3
12Z:      4.6                      4.9
13Z:      3.4  3.2  2.4  3.2       2.0
14Z:      3.5  3.0  1.9  3.1  2.0  3.8
15Z:      2.5  4.1  3.0  3.2  1.8  2.8
16Z: 4.5  5.4  4.5  2.6  3.0  2.3  2.5
17Z:      6.2  5.7  3.0  5.2  1.5  3.4
18Z:      6.3       3.0       2.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  KHA  UPS  JUL  WAR  POI  OTI  MAU  CAM  VBG  GOO  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  NIC  DYS
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.5  4.4  4.4  5.0       4.5       4.4  5.0  5.2  6.0       8.4  6.3       5.7  5.6  5.8  8.4  6.9       6.5
01Z:  4.4       4.4  5.0       4.5       3.5  4.2   B   5.3       9.3  6.2       5.6  6.3   F   9.3   A   5.1  6.5
02Z:  4.2       4.2  5.1  4.4  4.6  5.5  3.7  3.8   B   5.3      10.1  6.7       3.1   A    F  10.1  4.4  4.9  7.2
03Z:  4.3  7.0  4.8  5.6       4.6  5.5  3.4  3.4   B   4.6      11.3  6.6        A    A    A  11.3  4.8  5.0  5.5
04Z:       6.6  5.0  5.5       4.7  5.0  3.3  3.2   B   3.9      10.4  7.0       3.2   A   4.7 10.4  4.7  6.7  4.8
05Z:  4.3  6.8  5.0  5.0       4.4  5.5  4.1  3.7   B   4.0      10.2  6.8       3.4   A   4.7 10.2  4.9  5.3  4.5
06Z:  4.8  6.4  5.0  5.1       4.7  5.1       5.0  5.7  4.6      10.4  6.2       3.0   A       10.4  4.7  5.4  4.5
07Z:  5.0       5.1  5.0       4.6  5.5       5.4  5.3  4.7       7.9  5.4        A    A        7.9  4.4  5.7  4.2
08Z:  5.1       4.9  5.4  4.7  4.7  6.0       5.4                 7.0  4.3        A             7.0  3.9  6.1  3.7
09Z:            5.1  5.4  4.9  5.0                                7.0  3.5        A   6.5       7.0  3.4  6.5  3.8
10Z:                 5.3  4.7  5.7  5.4                           7.1  3.0       4.0            7.1  4.3  6.2  3.8
11Z:            5.2  5.4  4.5  6.2  6.2                           6.7  3.5       4.5 11.1       6.7  6.1  6.6  3.7
12Z:            4.8       4.6  5.8  6.7                           7.0  3.5       4.9 11.1       6.7  5.3  7.4  4.4
13Z:  4.9  7.0  4.8  4.9  4.5  4.7  6.6                           6.7  3.3       4.7 11.1       7.0  5.2  4.0  5.6
14Z:  4.8       4.8  5.0  4.9  3.9  6.2                      4.7  5.8  3.2       4.4            5.8  8.3  8.6  6.5
15Z:  5.0  5.4  5.0  5.2  4.4  3.4  5.6                           4.5  3.5       4.8   A        4.5  4.9  6.9  6.4
16Z:  4.5       4.6  5.4  4.2  3.0  4.5                      5.0  3.9  3.7        A    A        5.9  5.1  6.3  6.2
17Z:  4.8       4.8  5.2       3.1  4.7                           3.8  3.8       4.3   A        5.8  4.5  7.0  5.5
18Z:  4.5       4.5  4.4       3.4                           4.9       3.8       4.7   F             5.1  6.3  5.5
19Z:                                                                   3.5       4.7                 8.2  6.2  6.7
20Z:                                                                   2.7       4.9   F              A   5.5  6.7
21Z:                                                                   3.8  6.6  5.1 11.1             A   5.2  6.7
22Z:                                                                        6.3  5.5  5.5   F        5.5  5.2  6.5
23Z:                                                                   6.0  6.4  5.2        F        6.0  5.3  6.6
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.48 MHz.


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  KHA  UPS  JUL  MAU  VBG  GOO  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  NIC  DYS
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 11.7 11.9 13.2 14.5                12.5 14.5 21.8      18.8 18.5 18.0 21.8 21.4      20.1
01Z: 13.6      11.9 15.5                10.8 11.8 25.1      18.5 18.3   F  25.1   A  15.3 20.8
02Z: 11.3      10.9 12.2           14.3 11.8 12.2 28.3      10.2   A    F  28.3 11.0 14.2 24.5
03Z: 10.8 20.3 13.0 18.5           16.0 11.4  9.9 35.0        A    A    A  35.0 12.0 16.5 17.6
04Z:      21.1 14.5 16.0           12.0      10.9 32.8       9.3   A    F  33.3 14.1 24.1 14.4
05Z:      19.7 14.0 13.0           14.9 10.5 11.8 32.1       9.5   A  15.0 32.6 13.7 18.6 13.5
06Z:      17.9 15.5 12.2           13.8      15.0 36.4       8.1   A       36.4 14.1 17.3 13.1
07Z:           15.3 14.0      13.8 17.0      15.1 23.7        A    A       23.7 13.6 16.0 12.6
08Z:           12.7 16.7      14.1 16.8      16.7 21.0        A            21.0 10.1 18.3 11.5
09Z:           15.8 15.1      14.5                20.3        A  20.8      20.3  9.5 18.9 11.8
10Z:                14.8      17.1 15.7           20.9      13.6           21.3 11.2 18.0 12.9
11Z:           15.6 16.7      19.8 18.0           18.8      15.8 12.2      18.8 20.7 18.5 11.5
12Z:           13.9           18.6 20.1           21.0      16.7 12.2      18.8 17.5 20.0 13.2
13Z:      20.3 14.9 15.7 14.8 15.0 19.8           20.1      16.9 12.2      21.0 17.7 12.0 16.8
14Z: 13.4      13.9 15.0 14.2 12.5 19.2           15.4      16.3           15.7 29.1 27.5 21.4
15Z: 15.5 15.7 15.0 15.6 12.8 10.9 16.8           12.6      15.8   A       12.6 17.1 21.4 21.1
16Z: 14.4      14.3 17.8 13.9  9.3 13.9           11.3        A    A       17.1 13.8 18.3 21.1
17Z: 14.9      14.9 16.6       9.3 14.1           10.6      16.8   A       16.2 13.5 22.4 17.0
18Z: 13.9      13.9 13.2                                    15.5   F            18.9 20.2 15.4
19Z:                                                        12.7                36.9 19.2 20.1
20Z:                                                        13.7   F              A  16.0 21.4
21Z:                                                   19.1 15.3 12.2             A  14.6 19.4
22Z:                                                   21.4 16.0 18.7   F       16.5 15.1 20.1
23Z:                                                   21.1 16.6        F       18.0 17.0 21.1
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 16.37 MHz.


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

      TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  BOU  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  220  270                 210  130
01Z:  260  300            180       120
02Z:  310  330            150  230  110
03Z:  330  360            100  210  110
04Z:  320  310             95  200  110
05Z:  380  300             91  180  110
06Z:  320  290             97       120
07Z:  280  200             83  160  110
08Z:  260  150             77  160   93
09Z:  230  160             62  160   78
10Z:  200  160             50  160   61
11Z:       120             66  150   61
12Z:       170             97  150   60
13Z:       110            130        55
14Z:        91            170  200   54
15Z:        81            180  220   71
16Z:        92            170  240   94
17Z:       100            170  240  120
18Z:       130            160       120
19Z:       140            170  250  140
20Z:                      180  240  130
21Z:                      190  240  120
22Z:  180                 180  220  110
23Z:  200                 170  210  110


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)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
CAM = Camden                     Australia           (S34E151)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121)
RES = Resolute Bay               Canada              (N74W094)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156)
RAM = Ramey AFB                  Puerto Rico         (N18W067)
NIC = Nicosia                    Cyprus              (N35E033)
DYS = Dyess AFB TX               USA                 (N32W099)
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.


