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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 14 November
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 14 NOV 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  MAG  DIX  WLP  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 2.6  2.9  2.8       3.1  3.4       3.0  3.3  3.6  2.7   B   3.6       3.4  2.3  3.5  3.3  3.3
01Z: 2.8  3.0       3.1  3.4  3.6       2.9  3.3  3.7  2.9  3.2  3.1       3.4   B   3.5  3.3  2.9
02Z: 2.8  3.2  2.7       3.4  3.6       3.1  3.5  3.3  2.6  3.0  3.2       3.5  3.0  3.5  3.2  2.9
03Z: 2.9       2.7  2.8  3.8  3.6  3.0  3.0  3.7  3.1  2.8  3.1  3.4       3.7   B   3.0  3.4  2.8
04Z: 2.8  3.0  3.3       3.6  3.6  3.2  2.8  3.7  3.0  2.8  2.6  3.3       3.7  3.2  3.0  2.9  2.9
05Z: 2.9  3.0       3.4  3.6  3.2  3.3  2.9  3.7  3.2  2.8  2.9  3.2       3.7  2.9  3.5  3.1  2.9
06Z: 3.1  3.0       3.4  3.7  3.6  3.3  2.8  2.8  3.0  3.4  2.7  3.4       2.8  2.7       3.1  3.0
07Z: 3.4  3.0       3.4  3.6       3.3  2.9  3.2  3.0   A   3.9  3.3       3.2   B        3.3  2.9
08Z: 3.4  3.0       3.4  3.6  3.5  3.4  3.0  3.2  3.0   A   3.3  3.4       3.3  3.1       3.1  2.9
09Z: 3.4  3.0  3.4  3.4  3.5  3.6  3.2  3.3  3.5  3.3   B   2.6  3.5       3.5   B        3.1  2.9
10Z: 3.3  3.1       3.4  3.5  3.2  3.3  3.0  3.4  3.2   B   4.0  3.4       3.4   B        3.2  3.5
11Z: 3.3  3.0       3.4  3.5  3.0       3.1  3.4  2.3   B   3.7  2.8       3.4  2.8       3.5  4.1
12Z: 3.2            3.0  3.4            3.5  3.7  3.1   A    B   3.2       3.7  3.7       3.0  3.2
13Z: 2.6  3.2            3.0  2.8       3.5  3.2  3.0  3.1   A   3.5       3.2            3.3  3.3
14Z:      2.9            3.0  2.8       3.1  2.9  2.8  3.0   A   2.8   R   2.9  3.0       3.2  3.4
15Z:      3.2  2.7       2.8  2.8  2.9       2.9                  R        2.9
16Z:      2.8  2.6       2.7  2.6            2.8                 3.1       2.9
17Z:      3.0  2.7       2.5  2.8  2.8  3.3  3.2  3.0  3.2   B   3.0       3.3  3.4  3.6  3.7  3.9
18Z:      2.8  2.8            2.8       3.3       3.2  3.3  2.5   F    B        3.7  3.1  3.6  3.3
19Z:                                    3.4       3.4  3.1       3.5   F        3.4  3.1  3.6  2.9
20Z:                                    3.3       3.1  3.0   B   3.7   F        3.6  2.8  3.6  3.2
21Z:                                    3.4       3.4  2.9  2.7  3.0  3.3       2.9  3.2  3.4  3.6
22Z:                                    2.9       3.2  2.6  2.9  3.0            2.9  3.3  3.6  3.2
23Z:                                    3.1            3.0  3.2  3.4            3.3  3.3  3.5
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.18.


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

     MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  MAG  DIX
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  2.0  1.5  1.0  1.0  1.4
01Z: 1.0  2.0  1.6  1.0  1.0  1.6  2.1
02Z: 1.0  2.0  1.8       1.0  1.5  1.5
03Z: 1.0       1.2  1.0  2.1  1.5  1.4
04Z: 1.5  2.0  2.0       2.0  1.5  1.5
05Z: 1.7  2.0       1.6  1.9  1.2  1.6
06Z: 1.2  2.0       1.9  2.0  1.0  1.6
07Z: 1.0  2.0       2.0  2.1       1.7
08Z: 1.8  2.0       2.8  1.8  1.0  2.0
09Z: 1.6  2.0  1.8  3.2  1.7  1.0  2.9
10Z: 2.1  2.0       2.0  1.0  1.0  2.4
11Z: 1.0  2.0       1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
12Z: 1.0            1.0  1.0       1.2
13Z: 1.0  2.0            1.0  1.0  1.3
14Z: 1.0  2.0  1.6       1.5  1.0  1.6
15Z: 1.0  2.0  1.6       1.0  1.0  2.0
16Z:      2.0  1.6  1.0  1.0  1.0
17Z: 3.2  2.0  1.8       1.0  1.0  1.8
18Z: 1.5  2.0  1.8  1.0       1.0  1.2
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  ASH  SAL  TOM  MAG  DIX
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.3                 2.0
01Z: 3.0            2.7  2.5  3.6
02Z: 3.0            2.0  2.1  3.0
03Z: 2.0                 2.4  1.8
04Z:                3.0  2.2
05Z:      3.0       2.3  1.9  2.4
06Z:                     2.2  2.0
07Z: 2.0                      1.9
08Z:                2.0       1.9
09Z:      3.5       2.2
10Z:                1.7  2.0
11Z:                2.0  3.7  3.6
12Z:                          2.5
13Z: 4.2                 3.9  5.4
14Z: 5.3                      6.0
15Z: 5.1                      6.2
16Z:           2.7       1.4
17Z: 4.5                      3.3
18Z:  10       3.6       1.2  4.3
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  MAG  DIX  WLP  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  3.3  4.0  2.5       2.4  5.7       3.7 12.4  6.8  4.1   B   7.1      12.4  3.3  4.3  3.9  6.3
01Z:  3.0  4.0  2.3  2.2  2.3  5.9       3.5  9.8  4.3  2.7  4.3  7.6       9.8   B   4.3  3.5  6.2
02Z:  2.8  3.6  2.1       5.0  5.8       3.2  8.8  2.9  2.9  4.6 10.0       8.8  3.2  3.5  3.3  7.0
03Z:  2.2       2.6  2.4  6.8  6.3  2.4  2.8  7.5  3.1  3.2  3.5 11.4       7.5   B   3.2  2.9  8.1
04Z:  2.3  7.8  4.8       7.4  6.7  3.4  3.1  6.1  3.7  3.2  2.7 11.2       6.1  2.6  3.7  3.3  9.0
05Z:  2.3  8.4       5.3  9.3  6.9  4.5  3.5  3.2  3.9  2.9  2.0 11.4       3.2  2.6  6.3  3.5  9.9
06Z:  3.0  9.4       6.5  8.7  5.8  5.4  3.6  2.9  4.1  2.6  4.6 10.4       2.9  2.3       4.4  9.5
07Z:  4.1  8.6       6.5  7.7       5.5  3.5  3.5  4.4   A   3.4 10.6       3.5   B        4.4  9.3
08Z:  4.7  7.6       6.7  7.8  3.3  5.4  3.5  3.6  4.1   A   2.3  9.0       3.6  2.2       3.9  9.5
09Z:  4.8  7.2  7.1  6.1  7.3  2.3  3.9  3.3  3.5  4.6   B   3.0  8.4       3.5   B        4.4  9.2
10Z:  5.0  7.0       5.8  5.7  1.9  3.5  3.0  2.7  4.4   B   3.0  7.0       2.7   B        4.6  8.9
11Z:  4.9  7.4       4.6  4.1  2.1       2.9  3.0  4.9   B   4.5  5.8       3.0  5.7       3.6  3.7
12Z:  4.0            3.7  4.2            6.4  3.0  4.4   A    B   7.0       3.0  6.2       3.3  5.6
13Z:  3.0  6.0            2.6  2.9       6.9  2.1  3.7  6.2   A   6.6       2.1            5.0  4.3
14Z:       4.4 13.5       2.4  2.8       7.6  2.0  4.8  7.5   A   5.8   R   2.0  8.1       6.2  3.5
15Z:       3.2  3.3       2.5  2.8  4.5       2.2                  R        2.2
16Z:       5.5  2.7       2.8  2.6            2.2                 6.1       2.2
17Z:       4.4  2.8       2.8  2.8  4.5  9.9  4.9 11.3  8.0   B   6.4       4.9  9.3  4.3  9.9  4.0
18Z:       4.4  2.7            2.6       9.5      10.6  8.1  3.7   F    B        8.5  3.6  9.9  4.4
19Z:                                     9.0      10.2  7.6       5.7   F        6.7  3.8  8.7  4.5
20Z:                                     7.8       9.1  5.5   B   3.5   F        5.8  3.9  7.9  4.5
21Z:                                     6.6       9.2  4.4  4.8  3.1  7.0       4.9  4.3  7.3  3.6
22Z:                                     4.9       8.9  4.9  4.7  4.0            4.9  3.6  6.9  4.6
23Z:                                     4.9            3.9  4.7  7.5            4.1  3.8  6.5
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.13 MHz.


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

      MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  MAG  DIX  WLP  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  CHU  KEA  ARG  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  8.6 11.6  7.0       7.4 19.4      11.1 41.5 24.5 11.1   B  25.6      42.2  7.6 15.1 12.9 20.8
01Z:  8.4 12.0       6.8  7.8 21.2      10.2 32.8 15.9  7.8 13.8 23.6      33.3   B  15.1 11.6 18.0
02Z:  7.8 11.5  5.7      17.0 20.9       9.9 30.4  9.6  7.5 13.8 32.0      30.8  9.6 12.2 10.6 20.3
03Z:  6.4       7.0  6.7 25.8 22.7  7.2  8.4 27.8  9.6  9.0 10.8 38.8      27.8   B   9.6  9.9 22.7
04Z:  6.4 23.4 15.8      26.6 24.1 10.9  8.7 22.6 11.1  9.0  7.0 37.0      22.6  8.3 11.1  9.6 26.1
05Z:  6.7 25.2      18.0 33.5 22.1 14.8 10.2 11.7 12.5  8.1  5.8 36.5      11.8  7.5 22.1 10.8 28.7
06Z:  9.3 28.2      22.1 32.2 20.9 17.8 10.1  8.1 12.3  8.8 12.4 35.4       8.1  6.2      13.6 28.5
07Z: 13.9 25.8      22.1 27.7      18.1 10.2 11.0 13.2   A  13.3 35.0      11.2   B       14.5 27.0
08Z: 16.0 22.8      22.8 28.1 11.6 18.4 10.5 11.7 12.3   A   7.6 30.6      11.9  6.8      12.1 27.6
09Z: 16.3 21.6 24.1 20.7 25.6  8.3 12.5 10.9 12.1 15.2   B   7.8 29.4      12.2   B       13.6 26.7
10Z: 16.5 21.7      19.7 19.9  6.1 11.6  9.0  9.2 14.1   B  12.0 23.8       9.2   B       14.7 31.1
11Z: 16.2 22.2      15.6 14.4  6.3       9.0 10.2 11.3   B  16.6 16.2      10.2 16.0      12.6 15.2
12Z: 12.8           11.1 14.3           22.4 11.1 13.6   A    B  22.4      11.1 22.9       9.9 17.9
13Z:  7.8 19.2            7.8  8.1      24.1  6.6 11.1 19.2   A  23.1       6.7           16.5 14.2
14Z:      12.8            7.2  7.8      23.6  5.8 13.4 22.5   A  16.2   R   5.8 24.3      19.8 11.9
15Z:      10.2  8.9       7.0  7.8 13.1       6.4                  R        6.4
16Z:      15.4  7.0       7.6  6.8            6.3                18.9       6.4
17Z:      13.2  7.6       7.0  7.8 12.6 32.7 15.9 33.9 25.6   B  19.2      16.2 31.6 15.5 36.6 15.6
18Z:      12.3  7.6            7.3      31.4      33.9 26.7  9.2   F    B       31.5 11.2 35.6 14.5
19Z:                                    30.6      34.7 23.6      19.9   F       22.8 11.8 31.3 13.1
20Z:                                    25.7      28.2 16.5   B  12.9   F       20.9 10.9 28.4 14.4
21Z:                                    22.4      31.3 12.8 13.0  9.3 23.1      14.2 13.8 24.8 13.0
22Z:                                    14.2      28.5 12.7 13.6 12.0           14.2 11.9 24.8 14.7
23Z:                                    15.2           11.7 15.0 25.5           13.5 12.5 22.8
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 16.27 MHz.


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

      TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  BOU  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  320  130  130  400  120
01Z:  460  120   96  290   80
02Z:  710   87   90  240   69
03Z:  800   58   85  170   65
04Z:  730   51   79        66
05Z:  660   34   87
06Z:  600   32   96        74
07Z:  590   29  100        77
08Z:  390   27  100        75
09Z:  310   26  100        75
10Z:  310   24  100        73
11Z:  270   20  100        73
12Z:  240   19  120        68
13Z:  190   19  170        56
14Z:  150   20  220        72
15Z:  120   17  270       120
16Z:  140   18            200
17Z:  150       370       250
18Z:  150   54  360  160
19Z:  150   74  330  260  240
20Z:  120   92  260  360  200
21Z:  110  110  230  450
22Z:  170  130  180  420  160
23Z:  300  130  180  400  170


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

MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
SVE = Sverdlovsk                 USSR                (N56E061)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
WLP = Wallops Island VA          USA                 (N37W075)
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)
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.


