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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 14 July
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 14 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  BOU  ASH  MAU  KHA  VBG  GOO  TAO  CHU  KEA  RAM  NIC  DYS
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.7  3.0  3.0            3.0       2.9       3.0  3.1   A        2.9  3.2       3.3
01Z: 2.9  3.0  2.8                      2.8       3.3  3.3   A        2.8  3.5       3.2
02Z: 2.8  2.9  2.7                      2.8       3.2  2.9   A        2.8  3.0       3.6
03Z:      2.9  2.9                 3.3  3.0       3.0   A    A        3.0  2.8       3.5
04Z: 2.9  2.8  3.0                      3.1       3.5   A    A        3.1  2.9       3.0
05Z:      2.7  2.5                      3.2       3.2  3.9   A        3.2  2.8  3.1  3.0
06Z:      2.8  2.6                 2.8  3.3       3.0  3.6   A        3.3  3.0  3.4  2.9
07Z:      2.7                      3.0  3.3       3.3  4.3  3.1       3.3  2.8  3.1  3.0
08Z:           2.7       3.2            3.2       3.1   A    A        3.2  3.1       3.1
09Z:           2.7       2.9       3.0  3.2       3.3  3.3  3.1       3.3  3.0       3.1
10Z:           2.9                 3.0  2.9  3.0  3.0   A   3.2       2.9  3.4       3.6
11Z:      3.0  3.3                 2.9  3.0  3.1  3.1  3.3  3.1       3.0  3.4       3.4
12Z:           3.1                      3.2       3.0  3.4            3.2  3.1  2.9  3.1
13Z:      3.0  3.2  2.8            3.2  3.2  3.1   A   2.9  2.8       3.2  3.0  3.1  3.1
14Z: 3.0  3.1  3.0  3.0            2.8  3.2  3.1  3.2  3.0       2.9  3.2       3.1   A
15Z: 3.1  3.2  3.2  3.1                 3.1       3.3  3.1   F   2.5  3.1       3.2   A
16Z: 3.1       3.1                      3.2       3.8  3.2       2.8  3.2       3.0  3.2
17Z: 3.1            3.1            3.2  3.0       3.0  3.0  3.0  2.9  3.1        C    A
18Z:                                              2.8  3.2        F        3.0   C    A
19Z:                                              3.1  3.0  2.9  3.0       3.1   C   3.1
20Z:                                              3.0  2.9  3.0  2.9       2.8   C   2.9
21Z:                                              2.8  3.0  3.1  3.0       2.9  3.0  3.0
22Z:                                              3.1  3.1  3.4            3.1  2.9  3.0
23Z:                                              2.8  3.0  3.2            3.2  3.1  3.1
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.07.


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

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.6
01Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
02Z: 1.0  1.0  1.1  1.0  1.0  1.4
03Z: 1.0  1.0  1.1  1.0  1.0  1.4
04Z: 1.0  1.0  1.3  1.0  1.0  2.2
05Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  2.2
06Z: 1.0  1.0  1.7  1.0  1.0  3.7
07Z: 1.0  1.0  1.2       1.0  3.7
08Z: 1.0       1.3  1.0  1.0
09Z: 1.0       1.3  1.0  1.0  5.0
10Z: 1.0       1.0  1.2       3.5  1.0
11Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0       4.5  1.0
12Z: 1.0       1.0  1.0
13Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0       3.4  1.1
14Z: 1.0  1.0  1.1  1.0       2.0  1.1
15Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
16Z: 1.0       1.0
17Z: 1.0            1.4       2.0
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  ASH  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 4.3       2.4  4.0  3.6  6.2
01Z: 3.7       3.3  4.0  3.4
02Z:      3.2  4.6  3.2  3.5  3.7
03Z:           5.6       3.6  4.0
04Z:      3.6  5.2       3.2  5.4
05Z:      3.7  5.2       3.1  6.2
06Z: 4.0  3.4  4.0       3.0  4.7
07Z:      3.4  3.6       2.9  7.2
08Z: 4.2       3.3       2.7
09Z: 4.0                 2.3
10Z: 4.5       3.4            4.9  3.2
11Z:           9.0                 3.1
12Z: 3.5       6.0
13Z: 4.5       4.0                 3.9
14Z: 4.5       4.0            4.5  3.7
15Z: 3.0       4.0
16Z:           4.2
17Z: 3.8            2.8       4.0
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  BOU  ASH  JUL  OTI  MAU  KHA  VBG  GOO  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  NIC  DYS  TOW
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.8  4.3  4.6  4.6       5.6       5.0       9.3       6.3  5.8   A   4.6       9.3  6.3       7.0  6.2
01Z:  4.5  4.7  4.9  4.5  4.4            4.9       9.3       7.3  4.8   A   5.0       9.3  5.3       7.7  7.8
02Z:  4.4  4.9  5.2  4.3  4.4            4.2      10.0       7.3  3.8   A   5.0      10.0  4.6       7.2  7.1
03Z:  4.5  4.7  4.8  4.4  4.6       5.5  4.2      10.4       8.0   A    A   5.1      10.4  4.4       5.3  6.1
04Z:  5.3  4.9  4.9  4.4  4.6            4.8      10.2       6.9   A    A   4.8      10.2  4.0       4.8  5.9
05Z:  5.0  5.0  4.8  4.4  4.4            5.3      11.0       5.8  8.3   A    F       11.0  4.0  6.5  4.2
06Z:  4.8  5.0  5.1  4.7  4.4       6.4  5.7      11.0       5.4 12.0   A            11.0  3.6  7.7  4.0
07Z:  5.1  4.8            4.4       7.3  6.2       9.8       4.4  9.5  8.3            9.8  3.4  6.5  4.0  4.5
08Z:  5.1       5.2  4.8  4.5            6.1       8.3       4.4   A    A             8.3  3.3       3.8
09Z:  5.2       5.0  5.0  4.6       6.4            7.5       4.6  4.4  6.6            7.5  3.1       3.6
10Z:  5.2       5.0  4.8            6.3            5.9  5.2  4.2   A   7.0            5.9  4.0       3.1  2.9
11Z:  5.1  4.9  5.1  4.8            6.1            5.6  6.0  4.0  4.6  6.8            5.6  4.3       2.8  3.7
12Z:  5.2       4.9  4.9                           5.4       5.4  4.9                 5.4  5.2  6.3  4.4  3.9
13Z:  5.2  5.0  4.7  5.0            5.4       4.7  4.7  5.8   A   5.5  5.2   F        4.7  5.9  6.9  5.5
14Z:  5.2  4.9  5.1  4.9            6.0       5.7  3.8  5.0  5.7  5.2            4.6  3.8       7.0   A
15Z:  5.0  4.8  5.0  4.9                      5.7  3.5       6.9  5.8   F        4.7  3.5       7.2   A   3.1
16Z:  5.0       5.4                           5.8  4.1       7.4  5.6            5.1  4.1       7.2  7.3  3.1
17Z:  4.9            4.3            7.0       5.6  5.5       7.2  5.6  5.7       5.3  5.5        C    A   3.0
18Z:                                          5.8            6.8  5.5            5.3       6.2   C    A   3.7
19Z:                                                         7.1  5.6  3.9       5.3       6.1   C   6.6  3.8
20Z:                                                         6.4  5.6  3.8       5.6       6.0   C   6.9  3.8
21Z:                                                         6.3  5.8  3.8       5.4       6.2  6.6  7.5  4.4
22Z:                                                         6.6  6.2  5.4   F             6.7  6.8  6.7  5.9
23Z:                                                         6.3  6.7  5.5   F             6.1  6.0  5.8
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.63 MHz.


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

      MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  BOU  ASH  MAU  KHA  VBG  GOO  TAO  CHU  KEA  RAM  NIC  DYS
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 13.0 12.9 13.8           16.7      27.0      18.9 18.0   A       27.0 20.2      23.1
01Z: 13.1 14.1 13.7                     25.6      24.1 15.8   A       26.0 18.6      24.6
02Z: 12.3 14.2 14.0                     28.0      23.4 11.0   A       28.0 13.8      25.9
03Z:      13.6 13.9                18.1 30.7      24.0   A    A       31.2 12.3      18.6
04Z: 15.4 13.7 14.7                     31.6      24.1   A    A       31.6 11.6      14.4
05Z:      13.5 12.0                     34.7      18.6 32.4   A       35.2 11.2 20.1 12.6
06Z:      14.0 13.3                17.9 36.3      16.2 43.2   A       36.3 10.8 26.2 11.6
07Z:      13.0                     21.9 32.3      14.5 40.9 25.7      32.3  9.5 20.1 12.0
08Z:           14.0      14.4           26.6      13.6   A    A       26.6 10.2      11.8
09Z:           13.5      13.3      19.2 24.4      15.2 14.5 20.5      24.8  9.3      11.2
10Z:           14.5                18.9 17.1 15.6 12.6   A  22.4      17.1 13.6      11.2
11Z:      14.7 16.8                17.7 16.5 18.6 12.4 15.2 21.1      16.8 14.6       9.5
12Z:           15.2                     17.3      16.2 16.7           17.3 16.1 18.3 13.6
13Z:      15.0 15.0 14.0           17.3 15.0 18.0   A  16.0 14.6      15.0 17.7 21.4 17.0
14Z: 15.6 15.2 15.3 14.7           16.8 12.0 15.5 18.2 15.6      13.3 12.2      21.7   A
15Z: 15.5 15.4 16.0 15.2                10.8      22.8 18.0   F  11.8 10.8      23.0   A
16Z: 15.5      16.7                     13.1      28.1 17.9      14.3 13.1      21.6 23.4
17Z: 15.2           13.3           22.4 16.8      21.6 16.8 17.1 15.4 17.0        C    A
18Z:                                              19.0 17.6        F       18.6   C    A
19Z:                                              22.0 16.8 11.3 15.9      18.9   C  20.5
20Z:                                              19.2 16.2 11.4 16.2      16.8   C  20.0
21Z:                                              17.6 17.4 11.8 16.2      18.0 19.8 22.5
22Z:                                              20.5 19.2 18.4           20.8 19.7 20.1
23Z:                                              17.6 20.1 17.6           19.5 18.6 18.0
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 17.28 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  220 19000                      110
01Z:  220  200                 170  100
02Z:  220                      130  100
03Z:  230  260                 100   98
04Z:  210                       90   96
05Z:  170  290  350             82  100
06Z:  160  290  330             80  100
07Z:       310  260             71  100
08Z:       310  190             57   93
09Z:  160  270  160             62   83
10Z:  150  230  100             46   69
11Z:       180   83             39   58
12Z:  140  120   76             77   57
13Z:  180  110   67            110   55
14Z:  240   97   45            140   62
15Z:  270   89   42            170   77
16Z:  280        49            170  100
17Z:        77  100            180  130
18Z:  240   79  160                 140
19Z:  240       200                 150
20Z:  240   84  230                 150
21Z:  250  110  280                 160
22Z:  240  160  330            200  150
23Z:  220       350            190  130


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)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121)
RES = Resolute Bay               Canada              (N74W094)
CHU = Churchill                  Canada              (N58W094)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156)
RAM = Ramey AFB                  Puerto Rico         (N18W067)
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)
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.


