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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 29 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  ASH  SAL  DIX  MAG  UPS  JUL  KHA  BOU  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW  MAU
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.9  2.6  3.0       3.1  2.8  3.0       3.2  3.4  2.8  3.2            3.0  3.3   B    C        3.5  2.7
01Z: 2.9  2.7  2.9  2.8  3.3  2.8  2.8            2.9  2.9        F        3.0   B    B   3.0       3.6  2.8
02Z: 3.0  2.9  2.8       3.0  2.8  2.8            2.9  2.8  3.1   F        3.2  2.9   B   3.0       3.4  3.0
03Z: 2.9  3.0  2.7       2.6       2.8            2.6  2.9  2.9   F        3.1  2.8   B             3.5  3.2
04Z:      2.9  3.0       2.8  3.0  2.9            2.9   A   2.7   F        2.8  2.8   B   3.2       3.1  3.2
05Z:      3.0  2.8       2.9       3.1            2.7  3.8  2.9  2.8       3.0   B   3.4  3.1       3.2  3.1
06Z: 2.6       2.9       3.0       2.7            3.8  3.2  2.9            3.0  3.0   B   3.2       3.3  3.0
07Z:           2.9       3.0       2.9  3.1        A   2.8  2.9            2.9   B    B   3.4       3.5  3.0
08Z:      2.9  3.0       3.0       3.2  3.1       3.2  3.5  2.9            2.8   B    B   2.8       3.3  3.0
09Z:      3.0  2.8       3.1            3.1       3.3   A   2.9            2.8   B    B   2.9       3.3  3.0
10Z:      2.9            3.1                      3.2  2.8  3.0            3.3   A   3.3  3.3       2.9  2.8
11Z: 2.5  3.1  2.9  2.8  3.1                      3.3   A    A             3.3   B   3.3  2.9       2.8  3.0
12Z:      3.0  3.0       3.0            2.8       2.9   A    A        2.8  3.0   B   3.2  3.0       3.3  2.8
13Z:           2.8       2.8            2.8       2.8  4.4  3.0       3.1  3.1   B   3.4  3.1            3.0
14Z:      2.8  3.1       2.9            3.0       3.3  2.6  2.8       3.0  2.9   A    B   3.0       3.0  3.0
15Z:      3.0  3.2       2.8            2.8       3.1  3.3  2.8       3.2  2.9  3.0   B   3.0       3.0  3.2
16Z:      2.9  3.1                      2.9       2.7  2.5  2.7       2.9  2.5   B        3.0            2.9
17Z:      3.1  2.9  3.1  2.8                      2.9  3.1  2.8       3.2  2.9   B        3.0            2.9
18Z: 2.6            3.1  3.0            2.8       2.8       2.8            2.7  3.0       2.9       3.2
19Z: 3.0  3.0       3.1  2.6            3.0       2.7       3.0            2.8   B        2.8
20Z:      2.8  2.6  3.1  2.6            3.0       2.8       3.0            2.9   B        3.1  2.6
21Z:           2.6                      2.9       2.7       2.8            2.8   B        2.6  3.0  3.2
22Z:                     2.7            3.1       2.8       3.0   G        3.1  3.1       2.7  2.9  3.3
23Z:                     3.0            3.1       2.9       3.5   G        2.9   B        2.7  3.1
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.98.


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  DIX  MAG  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.4  1.9  1.0  1.6  1.0
01Z: 1.3  2.8  1.0  2.0  1.0
02Z: 3.0  3.7  1.0       1.0
03Z: 3.0  2.0  1.0  3.6  1.0
04Z: 1.4  2.0  1.0  1.6  1.0
05Z: 1.3  3.1  1.0  3.2  1.0
06Z: 1.0  3.4  1.0  1.5  1.0
07Z: 1.0       1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1
08Z: 1.0  4.2  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1
09Z: 1.0  4.6  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
10Z: 1.2  5.1       1.6  1.0
11Z: 1.0  2.6  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.1
12Z: 1.0  2.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.2
13Z: 3.4       1.0  1.0  1.0  1.1
14Z:      1.7  1.9  1.1  1.2  1.1
15Z: 2.0  1.5  1.8  1.0  1.0  1.0
16Z:      2.0  1.0  1.6  1.0  1.0
17Z: 1.2  1.6  1.0  1.0  1.0
18Z: 2.2  2.0  1.0  1.6  1.0  1.0
19Z: 1.0  1.6  2.8  1.4  1.0  1.0
20Z: 1.0  1.7  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.0
21Z: 1.0       1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
22Z: 2.3       1.0  1.2  1.0  1.2
23Z: 1.0            1.0  1.0  1.1


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  DIX  MAG  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.5            5.0  3.8
01Z: 3.3       2.4  4.0  3.9
02Z:           3.1       3.9
03Z:      3.2  4.0
04Z:      8.5  4.6       3.6
05Z:      3.9  3.2       3.6
06Z:      5.3  4.2       3.7
07Z:           4.0       4.2  7.3
08Z:           4.3       4.2  6.3
09Z:           3.6       2.8  4.6
10Z:                     2.0  7.1
11Z: 3.5            3.0  3.3  8.6
12Z:      3.6  3.5       2.5  6.3
13Z:           4.0  5.0       4.3
14Z:      2.7       4.3       5.2
15Z: 4.8  3.8       3.0  1.3  5.2
16Z:      3.0  4.0  5.0       3.2
17Z: 5.2  2.6  2.3  3.2
18Z: 4.8  6.0  2.3  4.2  1.6  2.8
19Z: 8.5  3.0  4.0  2.4  2.3  3.4
20Z:  11  3.1  3.0  5.0       3.0
21Z: 5.0       4.8  5.2  3.1  3.1
22Z: 5.0       2.2  3.2  3.2  3.6
23Z: 4.3            4.4  4.1  6.9


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  DIX  MAG  UPS  JUL  WAR  KHA  POI  BOU  OTI  CAM  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW  MNZ  BEI  CHQ  MAU
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.5  4.3  4.7       5.8  4.5  5.2  4.9       6.0  5.4       6.7  5.4  5.3  7.1            6.8  6.6   B    C        7.4       6.0  6.0 10.4
01Z:  4.6  4.4  4.9  5.2  5.3  4.0  4.4   B        5.4            7.5  4.3  5.3        F        6.6   B    B   5.3       6.9  5.2  5.2  6.8 11.6
02Z:  5.0  5.4  5.0       5.4  3.8  4.1  4.0       5.1            6.9  4.4  5.6  7.7   F        5.8  5.7   B   5.0       6.1  5.0  6.3  7.2 13.3
03Z:  5.3  6.5  5.3  5.2  5.3       4.2  4.3       5.1            6.8  4.4  6.0  7.6   F        5.8  5.1   B             7.3  5.8       7.1 13.0
04Z:  5.0  7.0  5.4  5.4  5.6  5.1  4.8  5.6       4.9            7.0  4.0   A   8.8  5.0       5.8  5.1   B   6.0       6.2  6.0       7.9 11.7
05Z:  5.1  7.1  5.4  5.6  5.6  5.3  5.6  5.9       4.8            6.8  3.9  9.1  9.3  4.8       5.8   B   5.4  6.3       7.4  6.2  6.7  8.9 10.5
06Z:  5.5       5.7  5.5  5.6  5.7  6.2  6.0                      6.5  3.4  5.2 10.0            5.3  4.1   B   6.6       7.7  6.4       9.7  9.3
07Z:  5.8       5.6  5.5  5.6  5.9  6.4  6.4  7.0  6.8            6.0   A   4.6 10.0            4.6   B    B   6.4       6.8  6.4  7.3  9.2  8.9
08Z:  5.8  7.4  5.6  5.4  5.6  5.7  6.1  5.9  7.0  6.4            5.8  3.2  3.9  9.6            4.0   B    B   6.3       6.0  6.1  7.4  9.8  8.6
09Z:  5.4  7.4  5.4  5.5  6.3  5.4  5.5  5.6  7.0  6.1            4.3  4.4   A  11.1            3.6   B    B   6.5       4.2       6.7 10.8  8.4
10Z:  5.4  8.3       5.5  7.1       5.6            6.4                 5.1  7.1 10.6            4.2   A   5.3  7.0       3.6       7.0 11.0  7.2
11Z:  6.0  8.9  5.3  5.8  7.7  6.0  6.0  5.7       6.5            3.9  5.3   A    A             5.1   B   5.2  8.3       4.0  6.4  6.9 11.6  6.6
12Z:  5.2  8.0  5.2       7.0  5.5  5.8  5.9  7.3  6.5       4.9       5.5   A    A        6.0  5.1   B   5.5  8.2       2.9  6.8       9.3  6.0
13Z:  5.1       5.5       6.2  5.8  6.2  6.0  7.8  6.2       5.2  4.5  5.6  5.6  7.0       5.6  5.9   B   5.3  7.8       2.9            9.1  5.6
14Z:       6.8  5.4       5.7  5.9  6.0  6.0  7.0  6.6   C   5.4  4.7  5.8  5.5  7.0       5.6  6.2   A    B   7.0       3.7       7.0  7.6  5.6
15Z:  5.0  8.2  4.5       5.7  5.3  5.6  5.6  6.5  6.3  5.2  5.8  4.7  5.7  5.1  7.0       5.7  6.3  6.2   B   7.4       3.8       6.0  7.5  5.7
16Z:       7.8  4.3            5.7  5.5  5.5  6.0  6.0  5.5  6.3  4.7  5.9  4.7  7.0       5.1  6.1   B        7.8       3.9  5.2  6.8  7.0  5.1
17Z:       7.7  3.8  4.4  3.8  5.2  5.8  5.7       6.4  5.5  6.1  4.8  6.5  4.9  7.6       5.5  6.5   B        8.4       4.3  4.0  6.3  6.7  5.5
18Z:  4.8            4.0  4.5  5.4  6.0  5.8  5.5  6.7  6.2  6.3       6.3       6.8            6.3  6.6       8.1       3.6  4.2  5.7  6.8
19Z:  4.3  6.0       4.0  4.0  5.4  6.4  6.6  4.3  7.9  5.4  5.6  4.4  6.6       7.0            6.0   B        7.2                 5.7  7.8
20Z:       5.7  4.0  4.0  4.5  5.2  5.4  5.1  4.4  7.0   R   6.3  3.8  6.8       4.4            6.6   B        7.0  6.1  3.5       4.7  5.2
21Z:            4.0       4.7       6.0   B   6.0  6.8  6.0  6.2  4.9  6.4       3.8            6.6   B        5.3  6.7  5.0       4.3  4.3
22Z:                 3.6  5.1  4.3  5.3  4.8  6.5  7.0  5.6       6.6  6.5       5.2   G        6.9  7.9       5.6  6.6  6.9            4.3
23Z:                      5.8  3.7  4.8  4.3  6.8  6.5  5.3       6.5  5.3       7.0   G        7.7   B        5.6  6.5                 5.3
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  6.00 MHz.


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

      MUR  ASH  SAL  DIX  MAG  UPS  JUL  KHA  BOU  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW  MAU
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 13.1 11.2 14.1      18.0 12.8 15.6      17.0 18.4 14.8 22.7           20.4 21.8   B    C       25.9 28.1
01Z: 13.3 11.9 14.2 14.6 17.5 11.2 12.3           12.5 15.4        F       19.8   B    B  15.9      24.8 31.9
02Z: 15.0 15.7 14.0      16.2 10.6 11.5           12.8 15.7 23.9   F       18.6 16.5   B  15.0      20.7 39.9
03Z: 15.4 19.5 14.3      13.8      11.8           11.4 17.4 22.0   F       18.0 14.3   B            25.6 41.6
04Z:      20.3 16.2      15.7 15.0 13.9           11.6   A  23.8   F       16.2 14.3   B  19.2      19.2 37.4
05Z:      21.3 15.1      16.2      17.4           10.5 34.6 27.0 13.4      17.4   B  18.4 19.5      23.7 32.5
06Z: 14.3      16.5      16.8      16.7           12.9 16.6 29.0           15.9 12.3   B  21.1      25.4 27.9
07Z:           16.2      16.8      18.6 21.7        A  12.9 29.0           13.3   B    B  21.8      23.8 26.7
08Z:      21.5 16.8      16.8      19.5 21.7      10.2 13.7 27.8           11.2   B    B  17.6      19.8 26.2
09Z:      22.2 15.1      19.5           21.7      14.5   A  32.2           10.1   B    B  18.9      13.9 25.6
10Z:      24.1           22.0                     16.3 19.9 31.8           13.9   A  17.5 23.1      10.4 20.2
11Z: 15.0 27.6 15.4 16.2 23.9                     17.5   A    A            16.8   B  17.2 24.1      11.2 19.5
12Z:      24.0 15.6      21.0           20.4      16.0   A    A       16.8 15.3   B  17.6 24.6       9.6 16.8
13Z:           15.4      17.4           21.8      15.7 24.6 21.0      17.4 18.3   B  18.0 24.2           17.1
14Z:      19.0 16.7      16.5           21.0   C  19.1 14.3 19.6      16.8 18.0   A    B  21.0      11.1 17.1
15Z:      24.6 14.4      16.0           18.2      17.7 16.8 19.6      18.2 18.3 18.6   B  22.2      11.4 18.0
16Z:      22.6 13.3                     17.4      15.9 11.8 18.9      14.8 15.2   B       23.4           14.8
17Z:      23.9 11.0 13.6 10.6                     18.9 15.2 21.3      17.6 18.9   B       25.2           16.0
18Z: 12.5           12.4 13.5           15.4      17.6      19.0           17.0 19.8      23.5      11.5
19Z: 12.9 18.0      12.4 10.4           12.9      17.8      21.0           16.8   B       20.2
20Z:      16.0 10.4 12.4 11.7           13.2   R  19.0      13.2           19.1   B       21.7 15.9
21Z:           10.4                     17.4      17.3      10.6           18.5   B       13.8 20.1 16.0
22Z:                     13.8           20.1      18.2      15.6   G       21.4 24.5      15.1 19.1 22.8
23Z:                     17.4           21.1      15.4      24.5   G       22.3   B       15.1 20.1
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 17.89 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  190  240            350
01Z:       230  250  190  420
02Z:  190  240  260  170  490
03Z:  190  240  260  140  480
04Z:  180  220  270   99  440
05Z:  180       270  100  360
06Z:  140       260  130  290
07Z:  120       250   90  240
08Z:  120       230   73  220
09Z:  110  460  220   45  180
10Z:  100  420  210   42  160
11Z:  100  300  200   49  150
12Z:  100  250  210   85  140
13Z:  100  180  190  130  110
14Z:  100  130  190  150  110
15Z:  100  150  210  160  110
16Z:  100  130  230  180   86
17Z:  100  130  260  200  120
18Z:  100  130  270  220  160
19Z:  100       260
20Z:       110  270  180  220
21Z:       120  270  210  190
22Z:  120  200  260  230  230
23Z:  120  260  260  240  300


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

MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
CAM = Camden                     Australia           (S34E151)
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)
ARG = Argentia                   Canada              (N48W053)
BER = Bermuda                    Bermuda             (N32W064)
NIC = Nicosia                    Cyprus              (N35E033)
DYS = Dyess AFB TX               USA                 (N32W099)
TOW = Townsville                 Australia           (S19E147)
ANC = Anchorage AK               USA                 (N61W150)
CNV = Cape Canaveral FL          USA                 (N28W080)
PAL = Palehua HI                 USA                 (N21W158)
SHE = Shemya AK                  USA                 (N52E174)
OSA = Osan AB                    Korea               (N37E127)
MNZ = Manzhouli                  China               (N49E117)
BEI = Beijing                    China               (N40E116)
CHQ = Chongqing                  China               (N29E106)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)


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.


