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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 05 August
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 05 AUG 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     TOM  MAG  ASH  SAL  KHA  JUL  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:           3.1       2.9  2.5  2.7   A    A    A   3.4   B   3.1       3.0  3.4
01Z:           2.8            2.7  2.8   A    A    A   3.0   B   3.1       3.0  3.8
02Z:           2.9  2.5  2.9  2.9  3.0  2.6  2.9   A   3.1  2.5  3.3  2.7  2.7
03Z:           2.8       2.9  2.9  3.5  4.6  2.9  3.0  2.8   B    B   3.3  3.0  3.0
04Z:           2.8       2.9  3.4  3.6   A   3.6  3.2  2.6   B   2.8  3.1  2.9  3.3
05Z: 2.7       2.8       2.8  3.4  2.8   A   3.2  3.0  2.5   B   3.3  3.1  2.7
06Z:           2.7       3.1  2.6  3.0   A   3.4  3.0  2.7   B   2.9       2.9
07Z:                     2.8  2.8  3.9   A   2.9  3.1  2.5   B   2.8  2.9  3.1
08Z:      2.8            3.1  2.6  2.8   A   3.6  3.3  2.7   A   2.6   C   2.8
09Z:      2.8                      3.1   A   3.4  3.2  2.8   A   3.0   C   2.8
10Z: 2.7  2.8  3.0                 3.4   A    A   3.2  2.6  3.1       2.9  2.6
11Z: 2.9       2.5  2.7            2.7  3.2  2.9  3.2  3.2   A   3.5  3.0  2.7
12Z:                               2.7  3.2   A   3.0  3.0  3.3  3.2  2.7  2.9  3.1
13Z:                               3.6  3.1   A   2.9  3.7  3.5  3.3  3.1  3.1  3.2
14Z:                               4.1  3.2   A    A   3.8   A   3.2  3.5  3.4  3.3
15Z:                               3.8  3.2   A    A   3.0       3.4  3.0  4.2  3.3
16Z:                                A   2.7   A    A   2.6       2.7  3.1  2.8
17Z:                                A   3.0  2.2   F   3.1   A   2.9  3.0  3.3
18Z:                               3.9  3.1  3.4   F   2.9  3.0  3.2  3.0   A
19Z:                                A   2.9  3.6   F   2.9       2.7  3.0  2.8
20Z:                               2.5  2.8  3.2  3.3  2.6  3.0  3.2   C
21Z:                               3.0  2.9  3.4  2.9  3.1  3.3  3.6  2.9
22Z:                               2.9  3.0  3.8  3.8  3.1  3.2  3.3  3.2
23Z:                               3.0  3.0  3.8  3.5  3.1  2.4  3.7  3.1  3.2
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.06.


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

     TOM  DIX  MAG  MUR  ASH  SAL  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0       1.0       2.0       1.2
01Z:                1.5  2.0       1.2
02Z: 1.0            1.0  1.5  1.0  1.3
03Z: 1.0  1.3  1.0  1.5  2.0  1.0  1.2
04Z: 1.0       1.0  1.0  2.0       1.1
05Z: 1.2                 2.3       1.4
06Z: 2.0       1.0       2.1  2.0  1.2
07Z: 1.5            3.0  2.0  2.0  1.1
08Z: 2.0       1.2  3.0       1.0  1.0
09Z: 1.3       1.2  3.0  2.0  1.0
10Z: 1.2       1.1  2.0  2.0  1.0
11Z: 1.0                 3.0  1.8
12Z:
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23Z:


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

     TOM  DIX  MAG  MUR  ASH  SAL  KHA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.1       3.1                 4.4
01Z:                6.5            5.6
02Z:                6.5  2.4       4.9
03Z:      4.2  3.1  6.5  3.0  3.0
04Z:           3.1  5.0  3.8       3.7
05Z: 3.2                 4.1
06Z: 3.3                 5.0       3.7
07Z:                     5.3  3.5  3.1
08Z:           3.8            3.3  5.2
09Z:           2.5       4.4  3.1
10Z:           3.1
11Z:                     3.5  2.9
12Z:
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23Z:


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

      TOM  MAG  MUR  ASH  SAL  KHA  JUL  WAR  POI  OTI  CAM  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:                 2.9       5.5  2.6   B   4.9       6.7  5.3   A    A    A   5.2  6.0   B   6.8       5.6  9.6
01Z:                 3.2            2.0   B   4.2       7.5  5.6   A    A    A    F   6.8   B   5.3       5.8  8.0
02Z:                 3.5  4.3  5.8  2.1   B   3.9       8.1  5.7  3.3  5.6   A    F   5.4  3.7  4.1  2.4  5.9
03Z:                 5.0  4.0  5.6  2.6   B   4.2       7.5  7.3  9.1  4.4  7.5   F   5.4   B    B   3.2  6.6  9.0
04Z:                 4.9       5.5  3.2   B   3.9       6.8  6.7   A   4.6  8.6   F   4.8   B   5.7  4.8  5.8  9.6
05Z:  4.8            6.0       5.5  4.0  4.3  4.4       6.6  5.2   A   4.4  6.7   F   4.8   B   4.0  4.8  5.5
06Z:       4.3       6.0       5.6  4.8   B   5.2       5.8  4.9   A   4.1  7.1       4.1   B   4.8       5.2
07Z:                           4.8  4.8   B             5.2  4.2   A   6.8  8.3       3.4   B   4.4  4.7  5.3
08Z:       4.3                 5.1  4.9                 4.5  3.8   A   4.7  5.0       3.0   A   3.7   C   4.2
09Z:       4.4  4.3                                     4.5  4.4   A   3.9  8.3       2.5   A   3.6   C   4.0
10Z:  4.8  4.8  4.7  6.6  5.5                           4.5  4.4   A    A   8.5       2.7  4.4       4.8  3.8
11Z:  5.0            5.6  4.8                           4.4  3.7  4.4  3.5  7.3       4.5   A   5.9  4.9  3.2  3.8
12Z:                                                    3.8  7.2  5.1   A   6.1       5.8  6.3  5.8  4.6  3.6  4.2
13Z:                                               5.8  3.8  3.9  5.2   A   5.6       5.6  5.4  7.3  5.4  4.3  3.9
14Z:                                                    3.9  4.0  5.0   A    A        5.6   A   6.9  5.0  4.5  3.2
15Z:                                               5.1  3.7  3.9  5.2   A    A        6.0       7.1  4.6  4.6  3.4
16Z:                                               5.8  3.7   A   5.7   A    A        5.8       6.1  4.6  5.3  3.2
17Z:                                               5.9  3.9   A   5.6  4.0   F        6.6   A   6.7  4.9  5.1
18Z:                                               5.9  3.5  4.4  5.0  4.3   F        6.3  5.6  7.1  5.0   A
19Z:                                                    2.8   A   5.6  4.1   F        6.2       6.5  4.9  5.8
20Z:                                                    2.5  6.5  5.6  4.7  5.2       6.7  6.0  7.8   C
21Z:                                                    4.4  6.2  6.0  4.7  4.0       7.0  6.0  5.9  4.8
22Z:                                                    5.7  6.3  5.6  4.6  5.6   F   7.1  5.9  6.6  5.2
23Z:                                                    6.3  6.3  5.8  4.8  5.4       6.7  5.5  5.7  4.8  6.9
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.18 MHz.


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

      TOM  MAG  ASH  SAL  KHA  JUL  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  TOW
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:            9.0      16.0  6.5 14.3   A    A    A  20.4   B  21.1      16.8 32.6
01Z:            9.0            5.4 15.7   A    A    A  20.4   B  16.4      17.4 30.4
02Z:           10.2 10.8 16.8  6.1 17.1  8.6 16.2   A  16.7  9.2 13.5  6.5 15.9
03Z:           14.0      16.2  7.5 25.6 41.9 12.8 22.5 15.1   B    B  10.6 19.8 27.0
04Z:           13.7      16.0 10.9 24.1   A  16.6 27.5 12.5   B  16.0 14.9 16.8 31.7
05Z: 13.0      16.8      15.4 13.6 14.6   A  14.1 20.1 12.0   B  13.2 14.9 14.9
06Z:           16.2      17.4 12.5 14.7   A  13.9 21.3 11.1   B  13.9      15.1
07Z:                     13.4 13.4 16.4   A  19.7 25.7  8.5   B  12.3 13.6 16.4
08Z:      12.0           15.8 12.7 10.6   A  16.9 16.5  8.1   A   9.6   C  11.8
09Z:      12.3                     13.6   A  13.3 26.6  7.0   A  10.8   C  11.2
10Z: 13.0 13.4 19.8                15.0   A    A  27.2  7.0 13.6      13.9  9.9
11Z: 14.5      14.0 13.0           10.0 14.1 10.2 23.4 14.4   A  20.6 14.7  8.6
12Z:                               19.4 16.3   A  18.3 17.4 20.8 18.6 12.4 10.4 13.0
13Z:                               14.0 16.1   A  16.2 20.7 18.9 24.1 16.7 13.3 12.5
14Z:                               16.4 16.0   A    A  21.3   A  22.1 17.5 15.3 10.6
15Z:                               14.8 16.6   A    A  18.0      24.1 13.8 19.3 11.2
16Z:                                 A  15.4   A    A  15.1      16.5 14.3 14.8
17Z:                                 A  16.8  8.8   F  20.5   A  19.4 14.7 16.8
18Z:                               17.2 15.5 14.6   F  18.3 16.8 22.7 15.0   A
19Z:                                 A  16.2 14.8   F  18.0      17.6 14.7 16.2
20Z:                               16.2 15.7 15.0 17.2 17.4 18.0 25.0   C
21Z:                               18.6 17.4 16.0 11.6 21.7 19.8 21.2 13.9
22Z:                               18.3 16.8 17.5 21.3 22.0 18.9 21.8 16.6
23Z:                               18.9 17.4 18.2 18.9 20.8 13.2 21.1 14.9 22.1
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 15.83 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  180  230   76       370
01Z:       260   76  200  370
02Z:  190  310   92  200  390
03Z:  200  370   83  190  400
04Z:  190  380   69  190  360
05Z:  160  300   59  170  230
06Z:  140  310   60  150  140
07Z:  140  360   36  150  110
08Z:  130  400   30  110  110
09Z:  120  400   29   92   89
10Z:  100  300   35   77   86
11Z:  110  170   33   78   83
12Z:             25   93   93
13Z:       110       120   71
14Z:   86   97             45
15Z:   88   97       120   44
16Z:  140   91   53  140   47
17Z:        88   76  160   98
18Z:  170   88   86  180  140
19Z:  180   96   85  200  150
20Z:  210  110
21Z:  210  120   83  220
22Z:  200  150   72  200
23Z:  200  160   52  170


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

TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
CAM = Camden                     Australia           (S34E151)
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)
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)


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.


