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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 09 AUG 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  JUL  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  TOW
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.8       3.2  2.8  3.1            3.0  3.2  2.9  3.7  3.5   F        2.8  3.2  3.1  3.4  3.0
01Z:           3.3                 2.9  2.8  3.0  2.8  2.9  3.1  3.1       2.7  3.1  2.9  3.1  3.2
02Z:           3.1                 3.2  2.9  3.5  2.9  3.2  3.0  3.1       3.0  2.8  2.9  2.9  3.1
03Z:           3.3                 3.1  2.8  3.5   A   2.9  2.9  3.2       3.1  2.7  2.9  2.7  3.3
04Z:      3.0                 2.8       3.0  3.4  2.6  3.0  2.8   F        3.3  2.7  2.9  3.6  3.3
05Z:      3.0  3.1       3.6  3.2       2.9  2.7  2.8  2.8  2.6  3.1       3.2  2.8  2.9  3.0  3.1
06Z:      3.0  3.2       3.1  3.2  2.9       3.3  3.2  2.8  2.7            3.4  3.0  3.3  3.1  3.6
07Z:      2.9  3.2            3.0  2.9  3.2  4.3  2.8  2.7  3.1            3.2  2.8   B   3.4  3.4  3.4
08Z:      2.9  3.0       3.0  3.0  2.8  3.3  2.5   B   4.4  3.1            3.1  3.8   B   2.7  3.5
09Z: 2.8  3.0  3.0  2.8       3.0  2.8        A   3.0   A   3.0            3.0  3.9   A   3.4  3.4
10Z: 3.1  3.1  3.2  2.8  3.0  3.2            2.9  3.2   A   3.1            3.0  3.3   A   3.0  3.1  3.3
11Z:      3.1  3.1  2.8       3.0  2.9       3.0  3.1   A   3.1            3.0  3.3   B   3.2  3.1  3.4
12Z:      3.1  3.2  2.8       3.1  2.9       3.5  3.7  4.3  3.2            3.0  2.9   B   3.3  3.1  3.0
13Z:      3.2  3.2  3.1  2.9  3.0  3.0       3.3  3.7   A   3.3       2.6  3.1  2.9   A   3.5  3.1
14Z:      3.3  3.1  3.1  3.0  3.0  2.9       3.1  3.6   B   3.2        R   3.3  3.1   B   3.0  3.2  3.7
15Z:      3.3  3.0            3.1  3.1       3.2  3.7  3.2   F         R   3.8  3.0  3.8   A   3.3  2.7
16Z:      3.1  3.0  2.9       3.0  2.8       2.6  3.6  2.8   F         G   3.0   A   4.0   A   3.2  3.1
17Z:           2.9  3.1       3.0  2.7       2.9   A   3.5   F    F        3.2  2.7  2.9   A   3.0  3.8
18Z:           2.9            3.3            3.2  3.7  3.3  3.2       2.4       3.2  3.7  2.9  2.9  2.9
19Z:                                         3.0  2.8  3.1  3.0       2.8       2.7  3.2   A   2.7  3.1
20Z:                                         2.7  2.9  3.8  3.2        R        3.0   A   3.0  2.7  3.0
21Z:                                         3.0  2.9  3.2  3.0   F             3.0  2.9  3.0   C   3.3
22Z:                                         3.1  3.0  3.2  3.0   F             3.0  2.9  3.3  2.7  3.3
23Z:                                         3.4  3.2  2.6  3.7  3.1            2.3  2.6  3.4  3.4
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.10.


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

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0       1.0  1.2  1.3  1.0
01Z: 1.0       1.0  2.0  1.3  1.0  2.0
02Z: 1.0       1.2  2.0  1.1  1.0  1.5
03Z:           1.2            1.1  1.7
04Z: 1.0  3.1  1.0            1.4  2.0
05Z: 1.0  1.7  1.8  1.2  1.2  1.1  1.8
06Z: 1.0  1.0  1.8       1.2  1.1  1.8
07Z: 1.0  1.0  2.0  3.0  1.0  1.0  2.6
08Z: 1.0  1.0  1.4  3.1  1.2  1.0  2.8
09Z: 2.0  1.8  1.5  1.0       1.0  2.3
10Z: 1.5  1.8  1.6  1.3  1.3  1.1  2.0
11Z:      4.0  1.0  1.5  1.5  1.0  2.4
12Z:      3.5  1.0  1.0  1.6  1.0  2.0
13Z:      3.0  1.1  1.2  1.2  1.0  1.8
14Z:      1.0  1.0  1.4  1.7  1.0  1.8
15Z:      1.8  1.0  1.8       1.0  2.3
16Z:      1.0  1.0  1.6       1.0  1.6
17Z:           1.0  1.2       1.0  2.0
18Z:      1.0  1.0  1.0       1.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.0  4.9  2.8  2.5  6.0  3.6
01Z: 4.0  4.2  3.8  3.4  7.1  3.2
02Z: 5.0       5.3  4.2  8.6  3.3  2.8
03Z:           5.5            3.1  5.5
04Z: 3.2       7.0            3.1  6.6
05Z:           6.7  3.1  3.0  3.2  9.5
06Z:      3.0  5.8       3.2  3.9  5.3
07Z:           5.6       6.3  3.8  3.8
08Z:      3.4  3.6       5.6  3.8  5.0
09Z:      5.0  5.3            4.1  5.2
10Z:      3.3  2.9       6.5  5.4  5.3
11Z:           3.0  3.2  9.0  3.2  4.0
12Z:                     9.2  1.1  3.6
13Z:           2.2  2.8  8.6       3.4
14Z:      2.8  2.8  3.8  7.0       3.7
15Z:      3.7  3.6  5.2       1.1  4.2
16Z:      5.1  2.8  5.4       1.3  3.3
17Z:           4.0  3.0       3.1  2.7
18Z:      5.2       6.8       2.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  JUL  POI  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  TOW  CAM
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  3.8       4.4  4.2  6.1  4.6       3.2  4.4  5.1  5.5  4.1  5.3  5.1       9.4  4.7  5.3  4.5  4.0       5.9
01Z:            4.7  4.2  7.1  4.8  3.5  3.2       5.4  3.9  4.8  6.2  5.1       9.6  4.8  5.1  4.9  3.8       6.2
02Z:            5.2       8.6  4.7  5.0  2.9  3.8  6.5  3.8  4.7  6.4  5.2      10.7  4.6  4.5  4.8  3.2       6.7
03Z:            5.8            4.8  6.2  2.9  3.3  6.2   A   4.7  7.2  4.9      11.4  4.7  3.9  5.0  3.5       6.1
04Z:       5.0                 4.9       3.2  3.1  6.4  3.4  4.9  7.5  5.4      11.3  4.6  4.1  3.1  3.5       6.6
05Z:  4.2  5.4  6.1  5.0  5.7  5.1       4.2  3.3  6.5  3.4  4.8  7.1  4.8      10.1  4.5  4.0  4.9  4.7       6.9
06Z:  4.4  5.2  6.2       6.1  4.9  6.7  4.0  4.2  6.1  3.0  4.6  7.3            9.5  4.2  4.0  5.2  5.9       5.3
07Z:  4.8  5.2  5.9  4.9       4.8  7.0  5.0  4.6  4.1  2.7  3.5  9.1            6.6  3.8   B   4.6  5.5  5.8  5.4
08Z:  5.0  5.1  5.8  4.8  5.2  4.9  6.3  5.2       5.3   B   6.4  8.5            5.1  3.3   B   3.3  5.3       4.9
09Z:  5.4  5.4  5.7  5.0       5.0  6.3             A   3.4   A   8.0            4.5  2.7   A   3.1  5.3       4.9
10Z:  5.4  5.1  5.9  4.9  5.8  5.5  6.1            3.5  3.7   A   8.0            4.4  3.7   A   4.6  5.6  5.7  4.4
11Z:       5.2  5.3  4.9       5.9  6.8            3.3  4.5   A   8.0            4.4  4.5   B   5.6  5.7  4.2  4.7
12Z:       5.1  5.5  4.7       5.9  6.8            5.0  4.0  4.8  6.0            4.2  5.5   B   5.9  5.7  4.0  4.6
13Z:       5.0  5.5  5.0  5.0  5.3  6.2            4.7  4.2   A   5.7       4.1  4.3  6.0   A   5.7  5.7  4.2  3.9
14Z:       4.8  5.8  5.2  5.2  3.9  5.6            4.4  4.5   B   5.5        R   4.4  5.1   B   5.5  5.2  3.6  3.4
15Z:       5.0  6.2            3.3  5.3            5.9  4.5  4.1   F         R   3.3  5.1  4.4   A   5.1  3.1  3.4
16Z:       4.8  6.0  4.8       3.3  5.4            6.4  4.6  4.8   F         G   3.5   A   4.3   A   4.8  3.5  3.6
17Z:            5.2  4.2       2.9  5.8            8.3   A   4.4   F    F        5.6  5.5  4.9   A   5.0  3.1  3.6
18Z:            4.6            3.1                 8.4  4.4  4.5  7.1       4.4       5.3  4.3  5.9  5.0  2.7  3.6
19Z:                                               7.0  4.9  4.7  7.1       4.9       5.3  4.7   A   5.0  2.8  3.6
20Z:                                               6.4  5.2  4.0  6.7        R        5.8   A   6.0  5.0  3.0  2.8
21Z:                                               7.7  5.5  4.8  5.6   F             6.0  5.1  6.6   C   4.5  4.8
22Z:                                               6.8  5.5  4.9  6.5   F             5.7  5.7  6.4  4.4  6.7  5.7
23Z:                                               6.9  5.3  4.9  8.5  4.8            4.9  3.5  5.8  4.1       5.6
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.13 MHz.


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

      MUR  SAL  TOM  DIX  KHA  MAG  ASH  JUL  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  RAM  ARG  BER  NIC  TOW
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 10.6      14.1 11.8 18.9            9.6 16.3 16.0 15.2 18.6   F       26.3 15.0 16.4 15.3 12.0
01Z:           15.5                10.2  9.0 16.2 10.9 13.9 19.2 15.8      25.9 14.9 14.8 15.2 12.2
02Z:           16.1                16.0  8.4 22.8 11.0 15.0 19.2 16.1      32.1 12.9 13.1 13.9  9.9
03Z:           19.1                19.2  8.1 21.7   A  13.6 20.9 15.7      35.3 12.7 11.3 13.5 11.6
04Z:      15.0                13.7       9.6 21.8  8.8 14.7 21.0   F       37.3 12.4 11.9 11.2 11.6
05Z:      16.2 18.9      20.5 16.3      12.2 17.6  9.5 13.4 18.5 14.9      32.3 12.6 11.6 14.7 14.6
06Z:      15.6 19.8      18.9 15.7 19.4      20.1  9.6 12.9 19.7           32.3 12.6 13.2 16.1 21.2
07Z:      15.1 18.9           14.4 20.3 16.0 17.6  7.6  9.4 28.2           21.1 10.6   B  15.6 18.7 19.7
08Z:      14.8 17.4      15.6 14.7 17.6 17.2 13.2   B  28.2 26.3           15.8 12.5   B   8.9 18.6
09Z: 15.1 16.2 17.1 14.0      15.0 17.6        A  10.2   A  24.0           13.5 10.5   A  10.5 18.0
10Z: 16.7 15.8 18.9 13.7 17.4 17.6           10.2 11.8   A  24.8           13.2 12.2   A  13.8 17.4 18.8
11Z:      16.1 16.4 13.7      17.7 19.7       9.9 13.9   A  24.8           13.2 14.8   B  17.9 17.7 14.3
12Z:      15.8 17.6 13.2      18.3 19.7      17.5 14.8 20.6 19.2           12.6 16.0   B  19.5 17.7 12.0
13Z:      16.0 17.6 15.5 14.5 15.9 18.6      15.5 15.5   A  18.8      10.7 13.3 17.4   A  19.9 17.7
14Z:      15.8 18.0 16.1 15.6 11.7 16.2      13.6 16.2   B  17.6        R  14.5 15.8   B  16.5 16.6 13.3
15Z:      16.5 18.6           10.2 16.4      18.9 16.6 13.1   F         R  12.5 15.3 16.7   A  16.8  8.4
16Z:      14.9 18.0 13.9       9.9 15.1      16.6 16.6 13.4   F         G  10.5   A  17.2   A  15.4 10.8
17Z:           15.1 13.0       8.7 15.7      24.1   A  15.4   F    F       17.9 14.9 14.2   A  15.0 11.8
18Z:           13.3           10.2           26.9 16.3 14.8 22.7      10.6      17.0 15.9 17.1 14.5  7.8
19Z:                                         21.0 13.7 14.6 21.3      13.7      14.3 15.0   A  13.5  8.7
20Z:                                         17.3 15.1 15.2 21.4        R       17.4   A  18.0 13.5  9.0
21Z:                                         23.1 16.0 15.4 16.8   F            18.0 14.8 19.8   C  14.8
22Z:                                         21.1 16.5 15.7 19.5   F            17.1 16.5 21.1 11.9 22.1
23Z:                                         23.5 17.0 12.7 31.5 14.9           11.3  9.1 19.7 13.9
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 15.89 MHz.


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

      TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  BOU  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  210   59  160  300
01Z:  230   59  150  310  120
02Z:  260   63  140  350  120
03Z:  300   70  130  350  120
04Z:  290   73  110  340  120
05Z:  270   56  110  280   79
06Z:  300   60  100  220   74
07Z:  300   55   97  120   63
08Z:  270   40   91   86   65
09Z:  260   17   85   76   65
10Z:  230  7.9        72
11Z:  180 .03        77
12Z:        37  170
13Z:  150   41  240   71
14Z:  110   39  260   49   67
15Z:  100   45  250   37  160
16Z:  110   72  270   40  160
17Z:  110   95  320   96  180
18Z:  120  100  360  150  190
19Z:  130  110  370  180  170
20Z:  140  120  360  230  170
21Z:  120  110  380  250
22Z:  200  100  350  290
23Z:  220   99  330  320


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)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
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)
CHU = Churchill                  Canada              (N58W094)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156)
RAM = Ramey AFB                  Puerto Rico         (N18W067)
ARG = Argentia                   Canada              (N48W053)
BER = Bermuda                    Bermuda             (N32W064)
NIC = Nicosia                    Cyprus              (N35E033)
TOW = Townsville                 Australia           (S19E147)
ANC = Anchorage AK               USA                 (N61W150)
CNV = Cape Canaveral FL          USA                 (N28W080)
PAL = Palehua HI                 USA                 (N21W158)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
CAM = Camden                     Australia           (S34E151) (GOES-2)
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.


