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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 30 November
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 21:39:10 MST
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 30 NOV 93
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REPORTS OF IONOSPHERIC ABSORPTION
---------------------------------

DIX: Type of Measurement = Riometer.
     Type of Phenomenon  = Auroral Absorption.
     Start of Event: 0001Z
     Event Maximum : 0055Z,  Maximum Absorption: 1 dB
     End of Event  : 0400Z


M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

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


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

     MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.0  1.3  1.6  1.0  1.2  1.2  1.8
01Z: 1.0       1.8  1.0  1.0       1.8
02Z: 1.3       1.8  1.0  1.0       1.9
03Z: 1.5       1.6  1.0            1.7
04Z: 1.6       1.8  1.0       1.3  1.4
05Z: 1.6       1.0  1.0       1.0  1.0
06Z: 1.5       1.4  1.0       1.0  1.0
07Z: 1.0  1.4  1.4  1.0       1.0  1.0
08Z: 1.0  2.0  1.5  1.0  2.2  1.3  1.0
09Z: 1.0  1.8  1.8  1.0  2.0  1.0  1.0
10Z: 1.0  1.8  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
11Z: 1.0  1.8  2.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
12Z: 1.3  1.2  1.8  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0
13Z: 1.0       1.8  1.0  1.0       1.0
14Z: 1.0       1.0  1.0  1.0  1.4  1.0
15Z: 1.0       1.7  1.0  1.0  1.4  1.0
16Z:      1.6  1.9  1.0  1.0       1.0
17Z:      1.6  1.5  1.0  1.0       1.0
18Z: 1.5  1.6  1.7  1.0       1.3  1.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 5.0                      3.8  2.3
01Z: 2.5
02Z: 2.3                 2.6
03Z:
04Z:                          2.1
05Z:           4.4                 1.2
06Z:           2.5  1.7       1.7
07Z:      3.3  2.6  1.9            1.7
08Z:                     2.3       1.8
09Z:      3.4                      1.8
10Z:      4.0  2.6  1.8  2.0
11Z:      2.9       1.3  3.0
12Z:      2.0       1.7  2.5
13Z:                1.4
14Z:           3.2  2.6       2.0
15Z: 2.7            3.0  2.3  2.0
16Z:                2.6            2.6
17Z:                3.6            1.8
18Z:                2.8       3.2  1.4
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      WLP  OTI  MAU  MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA  UPS  JUL  WAR  POI
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  2.9      14.7       4.7  2.8  2.7  2.7       6.7  5.9       6.0  4.7   B   3.5  3.6  4.1  5.7       3.4  3.6  4.2
01Z:  3.0      13.3  2.5       2.6  2.4  2.5       7.3  3.8   B        8.8  1.9  3.7  3.5  3.4  5.8  2.1  3.3  3.6  4.2
02Z:  3.0      10.5  3.0       2.4  2.1  3.7       7.3  3.5  3.3  3.6 10.0   B        3.3   B   6.1  2.0  3.8  3.9  4.3
03Z:  2.8       9.0  2.3       2.4  2.0            7.2  2.6  2.6       9.5   B        4.0  2.9  7.1       3.8  4.0  4.2
04Z:  3.1       5.2  2.1       3.0  2.8       2.4  6.5  2.8  2.4   B   9.5   B   4.4  3.7   B   7.8       3.6  4.4  4.3
05Z:  3.2       3.4  1.9       5.0  4.6       3.4  5.3  3.0  2.4       9.5   B   4.5  6.2  3.4  7.5       3.4   C   4.3
06Z:  4.0       3.0  2.1       6.0  5.2       4.1  4.6  3.1  2.3   B   9.5   B   4.9       3.5  7.6       3.2  4.5  2.9
07Z:  4.2       3.4  3.2  8.0  6.8  6.1       4.0  4.2  3.3   B    B  10.0   B   5.6       3.4  7.0       5.0  5.8  4.2
08Z:  4.5       3.5  3.8  6.9  6.3  6.9  7.0  4.0  3.0  2.9   B    B   9.4   B   4.5       3.6  7.2       6.0  6.8
09Z:  4.1       3.1  4.6  7.4  7.0  5.5  6.5  3.8  2.8  2.9   A    A   8.1   B   3.8       3.8  7.8
10Z:  3.1       2.9  4.8  7.7  7.0  4.5  4.8  3.0  2.4  3.3   A    B   7.2   B   3.0       3.8  8.7
11Z:  3.2       2.8  4.6  7.8  5.8  4.2  3.9  2.0  2.1  3.4  3.3  3.6  6.1   B   4.0       3.7  9.0
12Z:  5.4       3.0  4.4  6.1  5.0  3.3  3.4  2.0  2.6  3.3  5.1  3.4  5.8   B   7.2       3.6  7.2
13Z:  6.4  5.3  2.1  3.7       3.9  2.3  2.3       3.6  3.2  8.5  3.4  5.6   B   7.4       5.0  5.5
14Z:  7.7  7.2  1.7  3.7       2.6  1.8  2.1  3.0  3.2  3.8  8.1       4.0   B   6.6       7.1  5.7
15Z:  7.5  6.4  1.9  2.8       2.6  1.3  1.8  2.6  3.8  6.5  7.4  3.8  3.3  7.1  7.6       7.4  5.7
16Z:  7.8  7.4  2.0       3.6  2.0       2.0       4.0  7.9  7.5  3.0  3.0  7.7  7.3       7.0  5.2
17Z:  7.7  7.9  5.2       3.0  2.0       2.0       4.2  7.9  7.7  3.2  3.3  6.6  7.2       7.2  4.8
18Z:  7.6  8.1       3.3  3.0  2.3            4.0  4.1  8.2  7.0  3.8  3.4  7.8            8.8  4.7
19Z:  8.0                                               8.3  7.4  4.4  3.1  6.6  7.0       7.8  4.5
20Z:  7.6                                               7.8  6.4  5.4  3.4  6.2  6.9       8.2  4.0
21Z:  7.5                                               7.5  5.5  6.0  3.2   B   6.7       8.0  4.2
22Z:  4.7                                               7.2  4.2  4.9       3.5  4.4       7.1  5.5
23Z:  4.2                                               7.1  3.3  6.8        B   3.7       6.4  5.8
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  4.87 MHz.


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

      WLP  MAU  MUR  ASH  SVE  SAL  TOM  DIX  MAG  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA  UPS  JUL
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  8.1 47.8      14.1  7.8  7.8  8.4      24.1 20.6      20.4 16.4   B  11.2 11.9 14.3 17.1       9.5
01Z: 12.0 44.6  7.0       7.5  7.0  9.8      26.3 12.5   B       29.9  6.1 11.1 11.6 12.9 15.7  6.2  9.9
02Z:  7.8 33.6  9.0       7.2  6.5 11.1      27.7 11.6  8.6 10.1 33.0   B       10.9   B  15.9      11.0
03Z:  8.1 30.6  7.1       7.4  6.2           24.5  8.8  7.3      35.2   B       12.8  9.3 20.6      10.3
04Z:  9.0 18.5  6.5            9.0       7.2 23.4  8.4  6.2   B  30.4   B  12.8 12.9   B  22.6      11.5
05Z:  9.3 11.9  6.3      17.5 15.2      10.5 19.1  9.6  6.0      31.4   B  14.4 23.6 10.5 21.8      12.6
06Z: 11.6  8.2  6.5      20.4 17.2      13.5 16.6  9.3  5.8   B  30.4   B  16.2      10.8 22.8       9.6
07Z: 12.6 11.2 10.9 25.6 23.1 20.7      13.6 15.1  9.9   B    B  34.0   B  18.5      10.5 20.3      17.0
08Z: 14.4  9.8 12.9 20.7 20.8 23.5 25.2 12.4  9.9  9.3   B    B  33.8   B  15.3      11.2 19.4      21.6
09Z: 13.1 10.4 15.6 22.2 23.8 18.7 22.1 12.2  9.5  9.0   A    A  28.4   B  11.0      11.4 21.8
10Z:  9.6  9.0 16.8 24.6 22.4 15.3 17.3 10.5  7.2 10.6   A    B  25.9   B   9.0      12.2 25.2
11Z: 10.6 10.9 16.1 24.2 19.7 13.9 13.6  6.2  6.7 10.9 10.2  9.0 17.7   B  13.2      11.1 26.1
12Z: 13.0 11.2 15.0 20.7 17.0 10.9 11.9  6.2  7.8 10.9 18.9  9.5 17.4   B  26.6      11.2 23.8
13Z: 22.4  6.7 12.6            7.8  7.8      10.4 10.2 30.6  8.8 17.9   B  24.4      16.5 18.7
14Z: 26.9  6.0 12.2       7.8  5.4  6.5  9.3  9.6 12.2 27.5      13.6   B  22.4      26.3 17.7
15Z: 27.8  5.3  8.7       7.8  4.3  5.4  7.5 11.0 22.8 25.9 10.3 11.2 27.0 26.6      27.4 16.5
16Z: 26.5  5.9      11.9            5.4      12.0 27.6 26.2  8.4  8.7 27.7 24.8      23.1 17.2
17Z: 25.4 18.5       9.0            6.0      12.6 26.1 27.7  8.6 10.2 22.4 23.0      25.9 14.4
18Z: 24.3       9.2  8.4  6.9           13.2 12.3 28.7 24.5 10.6 11.6 27.3           29.9 13.2
19Z: 26.4                                         28.2 25.2 13.6  9.6 22.4 23.8      27.3 13.1
20Z: 25.8                                         26.5 20.5 17.8 11.6 21.1 23.5      27.1 11.6
21Z: 26.2                                         24.8 19.2 19.8 11.5   B  23.4      29.6 13.9
22Z: 15.0                                         24.5 11.8 19.6      10.8 13.6      23.4 17.6
23Z: 13.9                                         24.9 10.2 21.8        B  11.1      22.4 18.0
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 15.66 MHz.


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

      TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  BOU  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  240  190  120  650  110
01Z:  280  170  100  560   72
02Z:  370  120   96  370   55
03Z:  460   86   89  230   43
04Z:  560   64   93  110   38
05Z:  550   60   89   69   39
06Z:  560   59   98   47   38
07Z:  460   58        45   44
08Z:  370   59  100   40   38
09Z:  300   58  100   39   35
10Z:  240   56  110   35   37
11Z:  170   56  110   25   39
12Z:  140   56  110   32   39
13Z:  120   55  160   26   38
14Z:  110   54  200   25   51
15Z:  110   56  220   24   86
16Z:  110   57  220   28  110
17Z:  110   59  230   69  150
18Z:  110   85  250  120  160
19Z:  100  130  260  190  170
20Z:  100  150  260  270  180
21Z:   94  180  230  340  170
22Z:       210  210  410  160
23Z:       180  170  510  150


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

WLP = Wallops Island VA          USA                 (N37W075)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
SVE = Sverdlovsk                 USSR                (N56E061)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
EIE = Eielson AFB AK             USA                 (N64W147)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121)
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)
UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
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.


