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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 08 October
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 08 OCT 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  SVE  DIX  MAG  JUL  TOM  KHA  UPS  BOU  WLP  SAL  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:           2.9  3.6  2.9  3.0  3.2  2.9  3.6  2.8       3.1  3.2  3.5       3.2  2.8  3.1  3.6  3.3
01Z:           3.2  3.6  2.9  3.1  3.2  2.7       3.3       2.9  3.3  3.3        C   2.7  3.1  3.5  3.1
02Z:                3.5  2.9  3.4       2.5       2.8       2.7  3.2  3.1       3.3  2.9  3.2  2.8  3.0
03Z: 2.9            3.4  3.0  3.2  3.1            2.9       2.8  3.2  3.1       3.4  3.2  3.4  3.0
04Z: 3.2       3.3  3.4  2.9  3.2  3.2            2.9       2.6  3.2  3.1       3.8  2.7  3.5  3.0  3.1
05Z: 3.3       3.3  3.4  3.4  3.4  3.1  3.1       2.8       2.8  3.0  3.0       3.5  3.0  3.7  3.0
06Z: 3.3       3.2  3.3  3.5  3.3  3.1            2.9       2.9  2.8  3.2       3.2  2.9       2.9  3.1
07Z:                     3.4                      3.2        A    A   3.4       2.7  3.3       3.0  3.1
08Z:                     3.4                      3.4        A    A   3.4       3.1  3.4       2.9  3.0
09Z:                                              2.8        B    A   3.4       3.1   B        2.7  3.1
10Z:                                               A         B    A   3.3       2.8  3.2       2.6  3.4
11Z:                                              3.1       3.0  2.7  3.2       3.0  3.2       3.0  3.5
12Z:                3.3                           3.2        A    B   3.2       3.9  3.6       3.3  2.9
13Z:      2.9       2.7       2.9  2.9            3.5        B    A   3.3   C   3.1  3.1       3.6  3.2
14Z: 3.1  3.0       2.6       3.3                 3.1  2.8  2.8   A   2.9   B   2.8  3.3       3.3  3.2
15Z: 3.3  2.8       2.8       2.8  2.6            3.4  3.1  3.0   A   3.0   G   2.7  3.0       3.5
16Z: 3.1            2.8       2.9  2.8            3.0  3.0  3.2  2.7  3.2   B   2.9  3.8       3.2
17Z: 2.9  2.9       2.8       2.8                 3.0  2.9  3.1  2.8  3.3  2.8  3.7  3.3       3.3  3.1
18Z: 3.0  2.8  2.9  3.1       2.9                 3.1       3.0  2.8  3.5  2.9       3.2       3.2
19Z:                                              3.2       2.9  2.8  3.6  2.8       3.3
20Z:                                              3.1       3.1  2.9  2.9  2.8       3.5       2.9
21Z:                                              3.3       3.1  2.8  2.7  2.8       3.9       3.4  3.1
22Z:                                              3.1       3.0  3.1  3.4            3.5       3.2  3.4
23Z:                                              3.2       3.0  3.2  3.6            3.3       3.4  3.3
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.11.


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

     MUR  SVE  DIX  MAG  TOM  KHA  SAL
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  1.0  1.4
01Z: 1.0       1.0  1.0  1.1  1.5
02Z:                1.0  1.2
03Z: 1.0            1.0  1.4  1.5
04Z: 1.1       2.3  1.0  1.4  1.4
05Z: 1.1       1.3  1.0  1.2  1.5
06Z: 1.4       1.1  1.0  1.3  1.5
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:
12Z:                1.0
13Z: 2.0  1.5       1.0  1.0  1.7  1.0
14Z: 2.5  1.5  1.2  1.0  1.5       1.0
15Z: 1.0  1.7       1.0  1.4  1.2  1.0
16Z: 1.0  1.8       1.0  1.0  1.3  1.0
17Z: 1.0  1.8  1.0  1.0  1.4       1.0
18Z: 1.0  1.0  1.5  1.0  1.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  SVE  DIX  MAG  TOM  KHA  SAL
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 4.3  2.5       3.3       3.4
01Z: 2.8            3.3
02Z:                3.5
03Z:                2.8  2.5  5.3
04Z:                1.5  2.4  3.5
05Z:           2.2  3.3  2.5  3.2
06Z:           2.2
07Z:
08Z:
09Z:
10Z:
11Z:
12Z:                1.2
13Z:                          3.2  2.0
14Z:           5.5                 2.0
15Z:      5.0            3.2  3.7
16Z: 2.1                 2.9  2.0  4.0
17Z: 2.0  5.8  2.8       2.3       2.0
18Z: 2.5  4.0            4.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  SVE  DIX  MAG  JUL  TOM  KHA  WAR  UPS  POI  BOU  WLP  OTI  SAL  GOO  EIE  TAO  RES  CHU  KEA  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:       3.6  2.2  6.2  3.5  3.3  6.4  3.5  2.5  3.9  6.9  4.1            4.6  6.6  7.6   F       12.0  4.2  3.6  7.9  7.4
01Z:            3.4  7.1  3.4  4.1  6.8  3.6  2.6  3.9       4.1            4.1  6.2  8.7   F       11.9  4.4  3.6  5.0  7.7
02Z:                 6.9  3.3  5.0       3.5  2.3  3.8       4.1            3.5  5.8  9.2  4.0      11.6  4.1  3.3  3.4  8.0
03Z:  2.8            6.4  3.2  6.0  7.5  3.4       3.6       4.1            2.9  5.4 10.8   F       12.0  3.5  3.3  3.2
04Z:  3.4       5.6  6.1  3.0  6.6  7.2   C        3.7       3.9            2.7  4.8 11.4   F       10.9  4.1  5.5  3.2  9.4
05Z:  3.8       5.6  5.9  3.1  7.0  6.9  4.6  3.2  3.6       3.8            2.0  3.5 13.2   F        6.3  4.1  6.9  3.4
06Z:  5.3       6.0  5.6  5.2  8.0  6.9  5.7       4.5       3.7            3.8  2.9 14.0            4.5  4.4       3.5  7.9
07Z:                      6.2            7.0       6.2       3.6             A    A  14.4            4.2  4.4       3.4  7.5
08Z:                      6.9            6.8                 2.9             A    A  13.4            3.7  3.2       3.4  7.4
09Z:                                                         2.5             B    A  11.2            3.9   B        3.3  8.9
10Z:                                                          A              B    A   7.9            3.6  4.0       3.3  5.8
11Z:                                                         4.5            4.2  4.3  5.9            4.1  5.7       3.4  5.6
12Z:                 2.8                                     5.4  4.1        A    B   5.8            4.6  6.5       4.1  6.7
13Z:       6.0       2.7       5.6  4.0                      5.3  4.8        B    A   5.2        C   2.1  8.5       6.9  5.5
14Z:  4.0  6.0  4.1  2.5       5.6                           5.6  4.9  3.4  5.3   A   4.7        B   2.3  6.9       5.8  5.6
15Z:  3.4  5.3       2.4       4.3  3.8                      6.8  6.2  3.2  5.3   A   3.9        G   2.9  7.8       6.9
16Z:  2.7  5.8       2.2       3.9  4.2                      6.1  5.8  2.8  5.1  3.9  4.2        B   3.7  6.3       6.7
17Z:  2.7  4.3       2.1       3.7                           6.2  5.6  2.5  5.3  4.1  4.2       4.7  7.5  7.7       7.5  4.2
18Z:  2.6  4.0  3.5  1.9       3.3                           6.7  5.6       5.1  4.2  5.1       5.0       7.8       8.6
19Z:                                                         6.9            5.3  4.5  4.8       5.2       8.1
20Z:                                                         6.9            5.6  4.9  2.2       5.0       8.3       8.4
21Z:                                                         7.2            5.2  4.9  2.7       5.1       6.7       8.2  4.5
22Z:                                                         7.1            5.5  5.4  4.8  4.4            7.0       9.3  5.7
23Z:                                                         5.7            4.8  4.9  8.7   F             5.7       9.3  7.0
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.30 MHz.


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

      MUR  SVE  DIX  MAG  JUL  TOM  KHA  UPS  BOU  WLP  SAL  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:            6.4 22.3 10.2  9.9 20.5  7.2 24.8 11.5      14.3 21.1 26.6      38.4 11.8 11.2 28.4 24.4
01Z:           10.9 25.6  9.9 12.7 21.8  7.0      13.5      11.9 20.5 28.7        C  11.9 11.2 17.5 23.9
02Z:                24.1  9.6 17.0       5.9      11.5       9.4 18.6 28.5      38.3 11.9 10.6  9.5 24.0
03Z:  8.1           21.8  9.6 19.2 23.2           11.9       8.1 17.3 33.5      40.8 11.2 11.2  9.6
04Z: 10.9      18.5 20.7  8.7 21.1 23.0           11.3       7.0 15.4 35.3      41.4 11.1 19.2  9.6 29.1
05Z: 12.5      18.5 20.1 10.5 23.8 21.4  9.9      10.6       5.6 10.5 39.6      22.1 12.3 25.5 10.2
06Z: 17.5      19.2 18.5 18.2 26.4 21.4           10.7      11.0  8.1 44.8      14.4 12.8      10.2 24.5
07Z:                     21.1                     11.5        A    A  49.0      11.3 14.5      10.2 23.2
08Z:                     23.5                      9.9        A    A  45.6      11.5 10.9       9.9 22.2
09Z:                                               7.0        B    A  38.1      12.1   B        8.9 27.6
10Z:                                                A         B    A  26.1      10.1 12.8       8.6 19.7
11Z:                                              13.9      12.6 11.6 18.9      12.3 18.2      10.2 19.6
12Z:                 9.2                          17.3        A    B  18.6      17.9 23.4      13.5 19.4
13Z:      17.4       7.3      16.2 11.6           18.6        B    A  17.2   C   6.5 26.3      24.8 17.6
14Z: 12.4 18.0       6.5      18.5                17.4  9.5 14.8   A  13.6   B   6.4 22.8      19.1 17.9
15Z: 11.2 14.8       6.7      12.0  9.9           23.1  9.9 15.9   A  11.7   G   7.8 23.4      24.1
16Z:  8.4            6.2      11.3 11.8           18.3  8.4 16.3 10.5 13.4   B  10.7 23.9      21.4
17Z:  7.8 12.5       5.9      10.4                18.6  7.2 16.4 11.5 13.9 13.2 27.8 25.4      24.8 13.0
18Z:  7.8 11.2 10.2  5.9       9.6                20.8      15.3 11.8 17.9 14.5      25.0      27.5
19Z:                                              22.1      15.4 12.6 17.3 14.6      26.7
20Z:                                              21.4      17.4 14.2  6.4 14.0      29.1      24.4
21Z:                                              23.8      16.1 13.7  7.3 14.3      26.1      27.9 13.9
22Z:                                              22.0      16.5 16.7 16.3           24.5      29.8 19.4
23Z:                                              18.2      14.4 15.7 31.3           18.8      31.6 23.1
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 16.51 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  150  290  260  170  420
01Z:  120  340  270  110  420
02Z:   81       250   91  380
03Z:   66       240   83  340
04Z:   62       210   87  250
05Z:            180   86  150
06Z:   61       160   89   93
07Z:   53       150   93   65
08Z:            140   99   45
09Z:   50  430  140  100   46
10Z:   48       140  100   44
11Z:   48       140  100   49
12Z:   48  170  160  150   47
13Z:   48  140  170  180   18
14Z:   69  120  150  200   26
15Z:  120  110  150  220   37
16Z:  130  110  150  290   52
17Z:  140  110  170  280  130
18Z:  170  120  190  300  160
19Z:  190  110  200       260
20Z:  200  100  230  330  270
21Z:  230  120  250  320  330
22Z:  240  200  260  300  350
23Z:  240  290  250  280  460


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

MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
SVE = Sverdlovsk                 USSR                (N56E061)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
WLP = Wallops Island VA          USA                 (N37W075)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
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)
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)
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.


