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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 07 October
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 07 OCT 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     SAL  KHA  MAG  MUR  SVE  TOM  JUL  WLP  MAU  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.5  3.2  3.2                 2.7  3.1  3.0  3.1  3.1  3.0       3.1   B   3.1       3.4  3.1
01Z:                2.8       3.2  2.7  3.2  3.2  2.7  3.2  3.4       3.2   B   3.4       3.6  3.0
02Z: 2.8  3.3  3.4            3.2  3.0  3.0  3.2  2.7  3.1  3.1       3.3   B   3.1       3.2  2.9
03Z:      3.3       2.8  3.0  3.3  2.7  2.9  3.5  2.7  3.1  3.1       3.5   B   2.9       3.1  3.1
04Z: 3.2  3.2  3.5  3.1  3.0            3.0  3.7  2.4  3.2  3.2       3.7   B   3.0       3.1  3.0
05Z: 3.1  3.2  3.6  3.1                 2.9  3.0  2.3  2.9  3.2       3.1   B    B        3.2  2.9
06Z: 3.3                           3.5  2.9  3.0  2.4  2.8  3.2       3.1   B   2.8  3.6   B   2.9
07Z:                               3.5  2.8  3.0  2.5  2.5  3.4       3.0   B   3.3  3.6  2.8  3.2
08Z:                               3.2  2.9  3.2   B    A   3.5       3.2   B   3.2  3.5  3.2  3.2
09Z:                                    3.2  3.2  2.6  2.7  3.4       3.2   B   2.6  3.3  3.2  3.3
10Z:                                    2.9  3.3  3.2   A   3.3       3.4  3.3  3.2  3.3  3.0  3.6
11Z:                                    3.2  3.4  3.1  3.8  3.2       3.4  3.4  3.5  3.1  3.0  3.1
12Z:                                    3.4  3.2  3.4   A   3.1       3.2  3.5  4.0  3.1  3.0  3.0
13Z: 3.2  2.9       3.3       3.2       3.4  3.2  3.5  3.6  2.9   G   3.3  3.5  3.6  3.3  3.4  3.5
14Z: 3.1  3.0       3.3       3.1       3.5  3.0  3.3  3.6  3.0  3.2  3.1  3.3  3.4  3.4  3.5  3.0
15Z:      2.7                 3.1       3.3  2.8  3.2   A   3.1   C   2.9  3.4  3.3  3.6  3.6  3.5
16Z: 3.0  2.8       3.2  2.8  3.0       3.3  3.0  3.4  3.2  3.0  3.2  3.1  3.4  3.3  3.4  3.5  3.4
17Z: 3.0  2.9  2.8  3.1  2.8  3.0       3.3  3.4  3.2  3.4        C   3.4  3.3            3.2
18Z: 3.0       2.8  3.1       3.0       3.2       3.3  3.0  3.2  3.2       3.3  3.2       3.7
19Z:                                    3.3       3.2  3.3        C        3.2  3.3       3.2  3.1
20Z:                                    3.2       3.3  3.2  3.5  3.1       3.1  3.7       3.3  2.9
21Z:                                    3.2       3.2  3.2   I    C             3.9       3.2  3.4
22Z:                                    4.0       3.1  3.2  3.6                 3.8       3.3  3.5
23Z:                                    3.5       3.2  3.0  3.7                 3.1       3.4  3.4
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.18.


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

     SAL  KHA  MAG  MUR  SVE  TOM
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.9  1.5  1.2
01Z:                1.0  1.8  1.0
02Z: 1.0  1.9  1.0       1.8  1.4
03Z: 1.0  1.4       1.0  1.5  1.3
04Z: 1.0  1.3  1.0  1.0  1.5
05Z: 1.0  1.2  1.0  2.5  1.6
06Z: 1.8
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:
12Z:
13Z: 1.0  1.3  1.0  2.4       1.0
14Z: 1.0  1.1  1.0  1.5       1.5
15Z:      1.2            1.8  1.6
16Z: 1.9  1.4  1.0  1.0  2.0  1.0
17Z: 1.8  1.3  1.0  1.0  2.0  1.0
18Z: 1.0       1.0  1.0       1.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     SAL  KHA  MAG  MUR  SVE  TOM
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:      3.6  2.9
01Z:                2.1       3.3
02Z: 1.0  5.0  3.0            2.9
03Z:      3.5       2.5  2.7  2.6
04Z:      3.3  3.8       4.0
05Z:      3.7  3.3
06Z:
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:
12Z:
13Z: 2.0  3.6                 3.0
14Z: 2.1  3.6
15Z:      3.3
16Z:      3.1
17Z:
18Z:           2.1            3.3
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      SAL  KHA  MAG  MUR  SVE  TOM  JUL  WAR  POI  WLP  OTI  MAU  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.0  7.3  5.3                 3.2   C   4.0  5.4      13.0  4.1  5.5  9.5   F       13.0   B   5.2       8.2  7.6
01Z:                 4.0  3.9  4.0  3.1   C   4.2  4.8      13.0  2.6  4.9  8.1   F       13.0   B   4.1       5.9  8.8
02Z:  3.0  7.0  6.4       4.0  4.7  3.0   C   3.9  4.6      12.9  2.0  5.1  8.7   F       12.9   B   4.7       4.0  8.8
03Z:       7.2       2.8  4.3  5.3  2.8   C   3.6  4.6      12.0  2.7  4.9 11.0   F       12.0   B   5.1       3.2  9.5
04Z:  4.5  7.8  6.1  3.3  5.3        A    C   3.6  4.4       9.3  2.7  4.4 12.4   F        9.3   B   4.9       3.0  9.3
05Z:  4.6  7.4  6.2  4.0  6.0        A    R   3.4  4.1       5.8  2.7  3.5 15.0   F        5.8   B    B        2.9  9.3
06Z:  4.8                           5.5  5.9  3.6  3.9       5.0  4.0  2.7 13.0            5.0   B   5.0  7.3   B   8.6
07Z:                                5.4  6.1  5.7  4.1       3.8  4.1  2.4 17.0            3.8   B   4.9  8.2  3.4  8.3
08Z:                                6.6  6.5       3.8       4.2   B    A  17.0            4.2   B   4.4  8.1  3.4  7.9
09Z:                                               3.2       4.0  2.7  1.7 16.0            4.0   B   3.0  8.8  3.3  7.6
10Z:                                               3.0       3.8  3.2   A  12.0            3.8  4.4  2.9  8.6  3.5  5.6
11Z:                                               4.8       2.8  4.8  4.9  9.2            2.8  5.8  6.2  7.8  3.4  5.8
12Z:                                               6.1  4.4  2.7  5.5   A   7.7            2.7  6.6  6.0  8.2  3.9  5.5
13Z:  5.1  5.3       6.3       5.0                 6.6  4.9  2.6  5.8  2.8  7.4        G   2.6  7.3  7.5  9.8  6.0  4.7
14Z:  4.9  5.0       6.1       4.6                 6.8  6.0  2.6  6.1  3.8  7.1       4.7  2.6  6.9  7.2 10.4  6.4  5.1
15Z:       5.0            5.5  4.2                 6.7  6.4  2.6  6.8   A   6.8        C   2.6  7.8  7.3  8.8  7.4  5.2
16Z:  4.0  5.0       5.9  5.3  4.0                 7.5  6.9  2.9  6.6  3.7  6.9       5.5  2.9  7.2  8.4  6.6  7.8  5.1
17Z:  2.9  5.0  2.0  5.2  5.3  3.6                 7.4  7.4  6.7  6.4  4.3             C   6.7  7.0            7.8
18Z:  2.6       2.0  4.3       3.4                 7.7  7.2       6.6  4.9  7.0       5.7       6.3  8.2       7.7
19Z:                                               7.4            6.6  4.8             C        6.5  8.5       8.0  3.7
20Z:                                               7.7            6.4  5.2  4.1       5.9       6.8  7.5       7.7  3.8
21Z:                                               8.5            6.3  5.4   I         C             6.6       7.8  4.5
22Z:                                               5.6            6.6  5.3  4.4  4.8                 6.6       7.9  6.2
23Z:                                               5.7            4.9  5.8  6.4   F                  4.6       8.6  6.4
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.86 MHz.


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

      SAL  KHA  MAG  MUR  SVE  TOM  JUL  WLP  MAU  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 10.0 23.4 17.0                 8.6 16.7 39.6 12.7 17.0 28.5      40.3   B  16.1      27.9 23.6
01Z:                11.2      12.8  8.4 15.4 41.6  7.0 15.7 27.5      41.6   B  13.9      21.2 26.4
02Z:  8.4 23.1 21.8           15.0  9.0 13.8 41.9  5.4 15.8 27.0      42.6   B  14.6      12.8 25.5
03Z:      23.8       7.8 12.9 17.5  7.6 13.3 42.0  7.3 15.2 34.1      42.0   B  14.8       9.9 29.4
04Z: 14.4 25.0 21.4 10.2 15.9        A  13.2 33.9  6.5 14.1 39.7      34.4   B  14.7       9.3 27.9
05Z: 14.3 23.7 22.3 12.4             A  11.9 17.7  6.2 10.2 48.0      18.0   B    B        9.3 27.0
06Z: 15.8                          19.2 11.3 15.2  9.6  7.6 41.6      15.5   B  14.0 26.3   B  24.9
07Z:                               18.9 11.5 11.2 10.2  6.0 57.8      11.4   B  16.2 29.5  9.5 26.6
08Z:                               21.1 11.0 13.2   B    A  59.5      13.4   B  14.1 28.4 10.9 25.3
09Z:                                    10.2 12.8  7.0  4.6 54.4      12.8   B   7.8 29.0 10.6 25.1
10Z:                                     8.7 12.7 10.2   A  39.6      12.9 14.5  9.3 28.4 10.5 20.2
11Z:                                    15.4  9.5 14.9 18.6 29.4       9.5 19.7 21.7 24.2 10.2 18.0
12Z:                                    20.7  8.5 18.7   A  23.9       8.6 23.1 24.0 25.4 11.7 16.5
13Z: 16.3 15.4      20.8      16.0      22.4  8.4 20.3 10.1 21.5   G   8.6 25.6 27.0 32.3 20.4 16.4
14Z: 15.2 15.0      20.1      14.3      23.8  7.9 20.1 13.7 21.3 15.0  8.1 22.8 24.5 35.4 22.4 15.3
15Z:      13.5                13.0      22.1  7.4 21.8   A  21.1   C   7.5 26.5 24.1 31.7 26.6 18.2
16Z: 12.0 14.0      18.9 14.8 12.0      24.8  8.8 22.4 11.8 20.7 17.6  9.0 24.5 27.7 22.4 27.3 17.3
17Z:  8.7 14.5  5.6 16.1 14.8 10.8      24.4 22.8 20.5 14.6        C  22.8 23.1           25.0
18Z:  7.8       5.6 13.3      10.2      24.6      21.8 14.7 22.4 18.2      20.8 26.2      28.5
19Z:                                    24.4      21.1 15.8        C       20.8 28.0      25.6 11.5
20Z:                                    24.6      21.1 16.6 14.3 18.3      21.1 27.8      25.4 11.0
21Z:                                    27.2      20.2 17.3   I    C            25.7      25.0 15.3
22Z:                                    22.4      20.5 17.0 15.8                25.1      26.1 21.7
23Z:                                    19.9      15.7 17.4 23.7                14.3      29.2 21.8
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 18.66 MHz.


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

      TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  BOU  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  300  260       500  210
01Z:  340  250  150  500  160
02Z:  440  240  110  460  110
03Z:  610  220   97  350   70
04Z:  830  200   91  210   64
05Z:  880  180   91  110   58
06Z:  900  160   91   88   56
07Z:  870  160   94   67   51
08Z:  750  150  100   56   51
09Z:       140  100   54   48
10Z:       140  100   44   45
11Z:       130   97   37   42
12Z:       130  150   31   39
13Z:       130  190   30   45
14Z:  160  130  210   32   75
15Z:  130  130  220   35   98
16Z:       140  230   35  110
17Z:  110  170  250   98  130
18Z:  110  200  270  170  150
19Z:  120  220  290  190  150
20Z:  120  250  300  260  160
21Z:  120  240  290  320  170
22Z:  170  250  260  370
23Z:  220  250  230  400  170


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

SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
SVE = Sverdlovsk                 USSR                (N56E061)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
WLP = Wallops Island VA          USA                 (N37W075)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
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)
ARG = Argentia                   Canada              (N48W053)
BER = Bermuda                    Bermuda             (N32W064)
NIC = Nicosia                    Cyprus              (N35E033)
DYS = Dyess AFB TX               USA                 (N32W099)
LEA = Learmonth                  Australia           (S21E115)
ANC = Anchorage AK               USA                 (N61W150)
CNV = Cape Canaveral FL          USA                 (N28W080)
PAL = Palehua HI                 USA                 (N21W158)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
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.


