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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 02 November
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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 93 20:54:04 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 02 NOV 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     SVE  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  MUR  ASH  TOM  JUL  BOU  WLP  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:      3.1       3.2  3.6                 3.1  3.7  3.1  3.0  3.4  2.9  3.2  3.5       3.1  2.8  3.0       3.5  3.1
01Z: 2.6  2.9       3.1  3.6  2.9  2.9       2.9  3.4  2.9  3.2  2.8   B   3.3  3.4       3.3   A   3.0       3.1  3.0
02Z:                3.2  3.4       3.1        E   3.5  2.8  3.5   A   2.6  3.3  3.4       3.5   A   3.0        B   3.0
03Z:                     3.6  3.1  3.2  3.3  3.1  3.5  2.5  3.5  3.2  2.7       3.0       3.5  2.7             A   3.1
04Z:      3.3       3.2  3.6       2.9  3.4  3.2  3.0  2.9  3.6  3.8  2.3  2.3  3.3       3.6  2.9  2.9       3.1
05Z:      3.3  3.3  3.5  3.4  3.1  3.0  3.4  3.3   C   2.9  3.7  3.1  2.8  2.7  3.1       3.7  2.8  2.9       3.0  3.1
06Z:      3.3  3.3  3.4  3.5  3.3  3.1  3.5  3.4  3.0  3.0  2.8  2.9  2.2   B    R        2.9  3.0  2.9       2.9
07Z:      3.3  3.3  3.2  3.6  3.4  3.0  3.4  3.5  3.1  2.9  3.0  3.1   A    B   3.4       3.0  3.0  3.0       2.9
08Z:                3.2            2.9  3.5  3.7  3.2  3.1  3.3  3.3   A   3.9  3.5       3.3  2.9  3.3       3.4
09Z: 2.9  3.4  3.3  2.9  3.2  3.5  2.9  3.4       3.1  3.2  3.3  3.1   A    B   3.7       3.2       3.1       3.4
10Z: 2.9       3.3  3.1  3.2  3.4  3.1  3.6       3.4  2.2  3.2  3.0  2.9  4.0  3.4       3.2  3.6  3.3       3.4
11Z: 3.0  3.4  3.1  3.0  3.2       3.1  3.2       3.3  3.8  3.5  3.2  2.6  4.3  3.2       3.6  3.7  3.6        B
12Z: 3.1  3.4            3.0  3.4  3.2            3.2  3.7  3.5  3.3  3.6  3.4  3.3       3.5  3.6            3.0
13Z: 3.2  3.2       2.9  3.0  3.5  3.1            3.4  3.6  3.2  2.7  3.4   A   3.1       3.3  3.4  3.5       3.7   A
14Z: 2.9  3.1       3.0  3.0  3.5  3.1  3.3            2.9  3.3  3.5  3.3   A   3.1       3.3  3.1  3.4       3.9  4.0
15Z:      3.1            3.0  3.4  2.9  3.2            2.4  2.9  3.4  2.9   B   3.2  3.3  2.9  3.2  3.4       3.5
16Z: 2.9  3.1  3.1       3.0  3.5  2.5  3.1            3.2  2.9  3.4  3.5  4.0  3.2  3.3  2.9  3.4            3.3  3.1
17Z:      2.7            2.9  3.1  2.7  3.1            3.3  3.4  3.4  3.2  2.8  3.3  3.3  3.4  3.3  3.4  3.1  3.4
18Z: 2.6                 2.8  3.2                      3.3       3.5  3.4  3.4  3.2            3.5  3.6  3.5  3.3
19Z:                                                   3.2       3.3  3.3  3.3  3.2  3.3       3.3  3.4  3.4  3.5
20Z:                                                   3.5       3.3  3.3  3.3  3.3  3.3       3.5  3.6  2.8  3.3
21Z:                                                   3.3       3.4  3.2  3.2  3.3  3.3       3.4  3.3  3.0  3.5
22Z:                                                   3.2       3.4  3.3  3.2  3.3                 3.3  3.0  3.5  3.4
23Z:                                                   3.2       3.3  3.1  3.4  3.6            3.0  3.1  3.1  3.7
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.22.


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

     SVE  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  MUR  ASH  TOM
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.8
01Z: 1.5  1.0       1.1  2.0  1.0  1.9
02Z: 1.0            1.0  1.8  1.0  1.9
03Z: 1.0                 2.0  1.0  1.9  1.5
04Z: 1.8  1.9       1.0  1.7  1.0  2.0  1.8
05Z: 1.5  1.9  2.0  1.0  1.5  1.0  2.0  1.7
06Z: 1.5  1.0  2.0  1.1  1.0  1.2  2.0  1.6
07Z: 1.4  1.0  2.0  1.2  1.0  2.0  2.0  1.9
08Z:                1.2            2.0  1.8
09Z: 1.5  2.0  1.4  1.2  1.0  2.5  2.0  1.6
10Z: 1.8       1.2  1.3  1.0  1.5  2.0  1.8
11Z: 1.0  1.0  1.4  1.2  1.2       2.0  1.5
12Z: 1.8  1.0            1.1  1.9  2.0
13Z: 1.8  1.0  1.2  1.5  1.1  1.5  2.0
14Z: 1.0  1.0  1.5  1.4  1.0  1.0  1.9  1.0
15Z:      1.0            1.0  1.5  1.9  1.0
16Z: 1.3  1.0  1.4       1.0  1.0  2.0  1.0
17Z:      1.0            1.0  1.0  2.0  1.0
18Z: 1.6                 1.0  1.2
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     SVE  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  MUR  ASH  TOM
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.0       3.5  2.8  3.4
01Z:                3.0  2.5  2.6
02Z: 3.0            3.0  2.8  3.5
03Z:                     3.4  2.4  2.3  1.8
04Z: 2.1            3.5  2.7  3.0  3.0  2.4
05Z: 2.7            2.9  2.3  1.6  3.2  2.4
06Z: 3.0                 2.0       3.6  2.4
07Z: 3.0                 2.2       3.4  2.2
08Z:                               5.0
09Z: 3.0       2.0       2.0       4.0  2.0
10Z: 3.0                 3.8       3.5
11Z: 2.2  2.3            2.5       3.0
12Z:      1.5            2.3       2.1
13Z:           3.0       2.2       2.5
14Z:           2.8       2.1
15Z:                     1.7       2.5
16Z:      3.0  3.0
17Z:
18Z:                     1.7
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      SVE  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  MUR  ASH  TOM  JUL  POI  BOU  WLP  OTI  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:       2.0       6.0  7.5                 3.1  3.4  5.3  3.8      15.5  6.6  2.7  6.0  8.1      15.5  3.6  4.7       4.4  7.1
01Z:  2.5  2.0       7.5  7.2  3.3  3.8       3.2  3.3  4.0  3.4      16.2  4.8   B   5.2  8.8      16.2   A   4.2       3.4  8.5
02Z:                 8.6  6.9       3.5        F   3.4  3.2  3.1      13.9   A   2.3  4.8  9.7      13.9   A   4.4        B   8.6
03Z:  4.2                 6.9  3.2  5.6  5.6  2.1  3.5  2.8  3.9      10.8  4.6  2.2       9.8      10.8  2.7             A   8.6
04Z:  5.5  4.9       8.1  6.4       6.9  6.2  2.2  3.6  2.4  3.5       7.0  3.2  2.7  3.4 12.6       7.0  2.8  4.4       2.9
05Z:  6.0  5.0  4.8  6.9  6.2  2.4  7.5  7.0  2.0  3.7   C   3.4       4.5  3.2  3.0  2.3 17.0       4.5  2.8  4.4       3.4  9.3
06Z:  6.5  5.3  5.0  6.3  5.9  3.8  8.0  7.8  4.2  2.8  3.1  3.4       3.5  4.0  3.0   B    R        3.5  2.9  4.6       3.5
07Z:  7.3  5.6  5.2  7.1  5.7  4.6  7.8  7.0  6.2  5.2  3.4  3.7       4.1  3.8   A    B  14.8       4.1  3.4  4.6       3.8
08Z:                 6.1            8.4  7.1  6.9       3.6  3.9       4.9  3.6   A   3.0 12.6       4.9  3.4  5.3       3.8
09Z:  7.0  6.1  4.8  4.8  3.6  6.0  8.7  7.1            3.6  3.8       4.3  3.8   A    B   9.8       4.3       3.7       3.7
10Z:  7.5       4.4  4.7  3.1  6.0  7.8  7.1            3.7  3.4       3.5  3.8  2.4  2.7  8.0       3.5  4.2  3.8       3.6
11Z:  7.0  5.6  3.8  4.8  3.0       7.8  5.3            3.4  4.1       3.1  4.0  6.1  3.9  7.5       3.1  5.8  4.7        B
12Z:  6.0  4.9            2.7  5.5  5.5                 3.2  5.6       2.7  3.2  5.6  4.0  7.0       2.7  6.2            2.9
13Z:  5.3  3.7       3.9  2.5  5.0  6.8                 3.2  5.6  5.8  2.5  3.7  7.0   A   5.8       2.5  6.2  7.0       5.5   A
14Z:  4.0  3.0       3.8  2.6  4.5  5.1  2.8                 7.9  7.3  2.2  4.8  6.6   A   5.5       2.2  6.8  6.4       6.3  5.2
15Z:       2.6            2.6  5.0  3.4  2.5                 6.9  6.7  2.4  8.1  6.9   B   5.5  5.5  2.4  7.8  8.1       7.0
16Z:  2.7  2.0  3.9       2.8  3.3  3.0  2.8                 7.6  8.1  2.5  7.8  7.2  4.3  5.3  5.7  2.5  7.6            7.8  4.0
17Z:       1.8            2.6  2.3  3.1  3.0                 8.4  7.6  5.7  8.3  7.6  3.9  4.4  6.3  5.7  7.5  8.2  3.7  8.3
18Z:  2.6                 2.8  2.3                           7.8  7.5       7.4  7.2  4.8  3.3            7.0  8.2  3.7  7.5
19Z:                                                         8.0            7.4  6.9  5.6  3.0  6.8       7.0  8.7  3.9  8.1
20Z:                                                         7.5            7.7  6.1  6.1  3.0  6.8       6.2  7.0  3.1  7.3
21Z:                                                         6.5            7.8  5.8  6.4  2.8  6.9       4.8  5.8  3.4  7.3
22Z:                                                         4.6            7.9  4.6  6.2  4.2                 4.2  3.5  7.0  4.6
23Z:                                                         4.1            7.8  3.4  5.7  7.5            3.3  3.7  3.5  6.4
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.32 MHz.


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

      SVE  SAL  DIX  KHA  MAG  MUR  ASH  TOM  JUL  BOU  WLP  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:       6.2      19.2 27.0                 9.6 19.5 11.8 47.3 22.4  7.8 19.2 28.4      48.0 10.1 14.1      15.4 22.0
01Z:  6.5  5.8      23.2 25.9  9.6 11.0       9.3 13.6  9.9 52.7 13.4   B  17.2 29.9      53.5   A  12.6      10.5 25.5
02Z:                27.5 23.5      10.8        F  11.2  8.7 48.0   A   6.0 15.8 33.0      48.6   A  13.2        B  25.8
03Z:                     24.8  9.9 17.9 18.5  6.5  9.8  9.8 37.8 14.7  5.9      29.4      37.8  7.3             A  26.7
04Z:      16.2      25.9 23.0      20.0 21.1  7.0  7.2 10.2 25.2 12.2  6.2  7.8 41.6      25.2  8.1 12.8       9.0
05Z:      16.5 15.8 24.1 21.1  7.4 22.5 23.8  6.6   C   9.9 16.6  9.9  8.4  6.2 52.7      16.6  7.8 12.8      10.2 28.8
06Z:      17.5 16.5 21.4 20.6 12.5 24.8 27.3 14.3  9.4 10.2 10.0 11.6  6.6   B    R       10.2  8.7 13.3      10.2
07Z:      18.5 17.2 22.7 20.5 15.6 23.4 23.8 21.7 10.4 10.7 12.3 11.8   A    B  50.3      12.3 10.2 13.8      11.0
08Z:                19.5           24.4 24.9 25.5 11.6 12.1 16.2 11.9   A  11.7 44.1      16.2  9.9 17.5      12.9
09Z: 20.3 20.7 15.8 13.9 11.5 21.0 25.2 24.1      11.1 12.2 14.4 11.8   A    B  36.3      13.8      11.5      12.6
10Z: 21.8      14.5 14.6  9.9 20.4 24.2 25.6      12.4  7.5 11.0 11.4  7.0 10.8 27.2      11.2 15.1 12.5      12.2
11Z: 21.0 19.0 11.8 14.4  9.6      24.2 17.0      11.3 15.6 11.0 12.8 15.9 16.8 24.0      11.2 21.5 16.9        B
12Z: 18.6 16.7            8.1 18.7 17.6           10.4 20.7  9.4 10.6 20.2 13.6 23.1       9.4 22.3            8.7
13Z: 17.0 11.8      11.3  7.5 17.5 21.1           10.9 20.2  8.1 10.0 23.8   A  18.0       8.2 21.1 24.5      20.4   A
14Z: 11.6  9.3      11.4  7.8 15.8 15.8  9.2           22.9  7.3 16.8 21.8   A  17.0       7.3 21.1 21.8      24.6 20.8
15Z:       8.1            7.8 17.0  9.9  8.0           16.6  7.0 27.5 20.0   B  17.6 18.1  7.0 25.0 27.5      24.5
16Z:  7.8  6.2 12.1       8.4 11.6  7.5  8.7           24.3  7.2 26.5 25.2 17.2 17.0 18.8  7.2 25.8           25.7 12.4
17Z:       4.9            7.5  7.1  8.4  9.3           27.7 19.4 28.2 24.3 10.9 14.5 20.8 19.4 24.8 27.9 11.5 28.2
18Z:  6.8                 7.8  7.4                     25.7      25.9 24.5 16.3 10.6           24.5 29.5 12.9 24.8
19Z:                                                   25.6      24.4 22.8 18.5  9.6 22.4      23.1 29.6 13.3 28.4
20Z:                                                   26.2      25.4 20.1 20.1  9.9 22.4      21.7 25.2  8.7 24.1
21Z:                                                   21.4      26.5 18.6 20.5  9.2 22.8      16.3 19.1 10.2 25.6
22Z:                                                   14.7      26.9 15.2 19.8 13.9                13.9 10.5 24.5 15.6
23Z:                                                   13.1      25.7 10.5 19.4 27.0            9.9 11.5 10.8 23.7
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 17.11 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  150  280  520  110  120
01Z:  120  360  500   89  650
02Z:       410  470   85  500
03Z:   98  560  450   81  300
04Z:  100  750  420   81  150
05Z:  110  730  410   83   88
06Z:  110  660  400   90   74
07Z:  110  610  400   95   71
08Z:  110  600  400  100   79
09Z:  110  410  400  100   63
10Z:  110  300  400   98   46
11Z:  110  250  400   99   44
12Z:       200  390  110   40
13Z:   93  160  390  160   33
14Z:  110  150  390  190   35
15Z:  150  140  390  210   33
16Z:  160  130  390  230   32
17Z:       130  410  250   76
18Z:       110  440  250  120
19Z:  200  100  470  250  210
20Z:  190  100  490  210  290
21Z:  200  100  490  200  400
22Z:  200  160  490  180  550
23Z:  170  220  500  150  640


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

SVE = Sverdlovsk                 USSR                (N56E061)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
WLP = Wallops Island VA          USA                 (N37W075)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
EIE = Eielson AFB AK             USA                 (N64W147)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121)
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)
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.


