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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 02 December
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 02 DEC 93
                    ---------------------------------------


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

     ASH  SVE  TOM  DIX  MAG  MUR  SAL  JUL  BOU  WLP  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 3.2       2.6       3.4            2.9  3.5  2.6  3.0  3.3   A   3.0  3.2  3.0   B    B   3.2  3.2  2.8
01Z:           2.8       3.4            2.6       2.7  3.0  3.5   B   2.8  3.7  3.1   B    B   3.0  3.4  2.8
02Z: 3.3  3.0  3.0       3.4            2.8       2.9  3.3  3.3   A    A   3.5  3.4   B    B   3.8  3.5  2.9
03Z: 3.0  3.0  3.2                      3.0       2.6  3.6  2.9   A    A   3.1  3.6   B    B   3.1  3.1  2.7
04Z: 3.3       3.4       3.5                      2.9  3.2  3.4   B   3.7  3.3  3.3   B   3.5  3.5  3.1  2.8
05Z: 3.3  2.9  3.5       3.5            2.8       2.7  3.3  2.9   B    A   3.2  3.4   B    B   3.7  3.0  2.7
06Z: 3.3  3.1  3.4            2.8       3.1       2.8  3.1  2.7   A   3.5  3.3  3.1   B             3.0
07Z: 3.3       3.4  2.9       3.0       3.2       2.8  3.2  3.2   A    A   3.3  3.3   B   3.9       3.2  3.0
08Z: 3.3  3.3  3.6       3.2            3.1       3.1  3.1  3.0  3.2   A   3.2  3.1   B   3.4       3.0  2.8
09Z: 3.3       3.4                                3.1  3.0  2.7   B    A   3.4  3.1   B    B        2.9  3.0
10Z:      3.2  3.2                 3.3            2.8  3.1  3.0   B    B   3.5  3.1   B   3.3       2.9  3.1
11Z: 3.3       3.2       2.8                      2.8  3.6  3.0   B    A        3.6   B   3.8       2.8  3.2
12Z: 3.3       3.1  2.9  2.7                      3.0  3.5  2.8   B    A        3.5   B   3.7       3.0  3.3
13Z: 3.0  2.9  3.1       3.0                      3.3  2.8  2.9   B    B        2.9   B   3.5       2.9  2.8
14Z: 3.1  3.0  3.0       2.6       2.5            3.3  2.9  3.1  3.2   B        2.9  3.4  3.0       3.5  2.8
15Z: 3.2  2.8  2.8                                3.3  3.0  4.1  3.3   B        3.0   B   3.5       3.6  2.7
16Z: 2.8  2.7  3.6                 2.7            3.2  2.8  3.5   B    A        2.8  3.3            3.5  2.7
17Z: 2.7       2.9       2.8                      3.2  3.2  3.6  3.3   B        3.3  3.5  3.4       3.5  2.7
18Z: 2.9                 2.8                      3.2       3.3  3.0   B              B   3.5       3.3  2.8
19Z:                                              3.1       3.2   A    B              B   3.5       3.0  2.8
20Z:                                              2.9       2.9  4.6                  B             3.2  2.5
21Z:                                              2.8       3.1  3.9   A              B   4.0       3.3  2.7
22Z:                                              2.7       3.1   A   2.7             B   3.5       3.0  3.2
23Z:                                               B        3.2   A   2.6            2.5            3.3  3.7
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  3.14.


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

     ASH  SVE  TOM  DIX  MAG  MUR  SAL
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z: 1.2  1.8  1.1       1.3
01Z:           1.4       1.4  1.4
02Z: 1.2  1.0  1.3  2.5  1.1
03Z: 1.2  1.5  1.3
04Z: 1.4  1.8  1.4       1.0
05Z: 1.9  1.0  1.5       1.0
06Z: 1.2  1.0  1.6       1.0  2.0
07Z: 1.4  2.0  1.6  1.2  1.0  2.3
08Z: 2.0  1.7  1.6  2.1  1.0
09Z: 1.2       1.3       1.0
10Z:      1.0  1.2  1.1            1.7
11Z: 1.5       1.6       1.0
12Z: 1.5  1.7  1.4  1.0  1.0  1.0  1.6
13Z: 1.2  1.6  1.0       1.0  1.0  1.5
14Z: 1.5  1.8  1.0  2.8  1.0       1.6
15Z: 1.2  1.0  1.1  1.2  1.0  1.0  1.5
16Z: 1.6  1.8  1.2       1.0       1.5
17Z: 1.2  1.7  1.0  2.6  1.0       1.9
18Z: 1.5  1.5            1.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

     ASH  SVE  TOM  DIX  MAG  MUR  SAL
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:                     2.0
01Z:                          2.6
02Z: 2.1  3.0       4.5
03Z: 2.0
04Z: 2.2       2.0       1.5
05Z: 4.3  3.0  2.2       1.1
06Z: 4.0  3.0  3.0
07Z: 3.5       2.0  3.0
08Z: 3.8  2.8       2.9
09Z: 3.8
10Z:      2.5  3.3  3.1
11Z: 3.5
12Z: 3.2            6.2       3.5  2.1
13Z: 3.2                      3.5  2.0
14Z: 3.0       2.9  5.0            3.0
15Z: 3.2            5.6       5.0  3.0
16Z: 2.6                           3.2
17Z: 2.4            3.4            5.2
18Z: 4.9                 2.0
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


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

      ASH  SVE  TOM  DIX  MAG  MUR  SAL  JUL  WAR  POI  BOU  WLP  MAU  OTI  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  4.3  2.0  2.1       4.8            2.9   C   4.4  6.6  5.8 12.8       8.2   A   5.4 11.3 12.8   B    B   4.6  6.3  8.8
01Z:            2.0       5.2            2.9   C   3.9       5.4 13.7       7.9   B   4.9 14.2 13.7   B    B   4.2  6.4  9.5
02Z:  3.9  2.1  3.4       5.0            2.2   R   4.4       4.7 12.6       5.5   A    A   9.3 12.6   B    B   5.2  5.0 10.5
03Z:  4.0  2.1  5.2                      2.0   C   5.1       4.3  9.0       3.6   A    A   9.9  9.0   B    B   3.2  4.1 10.2
04Z:  6.7  3.0  6.1       5.3             A    C   3.7       4.0  5.0       3.9   B   3.8 14.2  5.0   B   2.8  2.9  4.0 10.9
05Z:  8.0  6.0  8.1       4.8            2.0   C   2.2       3.8  5.2       3.9   B    A  14.4  5.2   B    B   4.6  4.0 10.7
06Z:  8.2  7.0  8.2            3.2       2.4  2.9  2.3       3.7  4.3       3.9   A   7.2 12.4  4.3   B             3.8
07Z: 10.8  7.8  8.7  3.8       3.5       3.6  4.4  3.5       3.2  5.1       3.2   A    A  11.6  5.1   B   2.8       4.2 10.6
08Z:  8.4  8.5  7.8       2.4            5.0  5.3            2.8  5.5       3.5  2.9   A  11.0  5.6   B   2.6       4.2  9.0
09Z:  7.9       6.6                                          2.4  4.7       3.0   B    A  11.2  4.7   B    B        4.1  9.4
10Z:       7.5  6.0                 4.7                      2.4  4.1       3.4   B    B   9.5  4.1   B   2.5       3.9  8.7
11Z:  8.4       4.8       3.4                                2.7  4.1       3.3   B    A        4.1   B   5.8       4.1  7.5
12Z:  7.8  6.4  3.3  3.2  2.9                                6.2  2.5       3.0   B    A        2.5   B   7.8       4.0  6.7
13Z:  5.9  5.0  2.3       2.3       2.9                      7.5  2.3  4.7  3.2   B    B        2.3   B   7.6       4.9  6.2
14Z:  6.8  3.0  2.5       2.2       2.6                      8.2  2.3  6.9  3.8  8.6   B        2.3  9.4  8.6       6.9  6.0
15Z:  6.3  2.4  3.9                                          9.8  2.6       5.7  9.0   B        2.6   B   8.6       8.6  5.6
16Z:  3.3  2.3  3.0                 3.6                      9.1  2.5  8.1  6.8   B    A        2.5  8.1            8.0  5.0
17Z:  3.1  3.3  3.2       2.3                                9.3  5.0  8.1  6.1  9.3   B        5.0  8.6  8.7       8.0  4.6
18Z:  3.3  2.8            2.0                                8.2       8.9  7.5  6.0   B              B   8.9       7.7  4.5
19Z:                                                         8.0            8.3   A    B              B   7.1       7.6  3.7
20Z:                                                         8.9            9.0  8.9                  B             9.0  3.2
21Z:                                                         7.6           10.4 10.9   A              B   2.7       9.9  3.6
22Z:                                                         3.7            9.6   A   4.7             B   3.4       9.2  4.9
23Z:                                                          B            10.6   A   7.1            3.2            9.4  4.2
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  5.78 MHz.


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

      ASH  SVE  TOM  DIX  MAG  MUR  SAL  JUL  BOU  WLP  MAU  VBG  GOO  EIE  TAO  KEA  ARG  BER  NIC  DYS  LEA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z: 13.8       5.5      16.3            8.4 23.0 15.1 37.8 27.1   A  16.2 36.2 38.4   B    B  14.7 20.2 24.6
01Z:            5.6      17.7            7.5      14.6 41.8 27.6   B  13.7 52.5 42.5   B    B  12.6 21.8 26.6
02Z: 12.9  6.3 10.2      17.0            6.2      13.6 42.2 18.1   A    A  32.5 42.8   B    B  19.8 17.5 30.5
03Z: 12.0  6.3 16.6                      6.0      11.2 32.4 10.4   A    A  30.7 32.4   B    B   9.9 12.7 27.5
04Z: 22.1      20.7      18.6             A       11.6 16.2 13.3   B  14.1 46.9 16.5   B   9.8 10.2 12.4 30.5
05Z: 26.4 17.4 28.4      16.8            5.6      10.3 17.4 11.3   B    A  46.1 17.7   B    B  17.0 12.0 28.9
06Z: 27.1 21.7 27.9            9.0       7.4      10.4 13.3 10.5   A  25.2 40.9 13.3   B            11.4
07Z: 35.6      29.6 11.0      10.5      11.5       9.0 16.6 10.2   A    A  38.3 16.8   B  10.9      13.4 31.8
08Z: 27.7 28.0 28.1       7.7           15.5       8.7 17.0 10.5  9.3   A  35.2 17.4   B   8.8      12.6 25.2
09Z: 26.1      22.4                                7.4 14.3  8.1   B    A  38.1 14.6   B    B       11.9 28.2
10Z:      24.0 19.2                15.5            6.7 12.7 10.2   B    B  33.2 12.7   B   8.2      11.3 27.0
11Z: 27.7      15.4       9.5                      7.6 14.8  9.9   B    A       14.8   B  22.0      11.5 24.0
12Z: 25.7      10.2  9.3  7.8                     18.6  8.8  8.4   B    A        8.8   B  28.9      12.0 22.1
13Z: 17.7 14.5  7.1       6.9                     24.8  6.6  9.3   B    B        6.7   B  26.6      14.2 17.4
14Z: 21.1  9.0  7.5       5.7       6.5           27.1  6.7 11.8 27.5   B        6.7 32.0 25.8      24.1 16.8
15Z: 20.2  6.7 10.9                               32.3  7.7 23.4 29.7   B        7.8   B  30.1      31.0 15.1
16Z:  9.2  6.2 10.8                 9.7           29.1  6.9 23.8   B    A        7.0 26.7           28.0 13.5
17Z:  8.4       9.3       6.4                     29.8 16.2 22.0 30.7   B       16.5 30.1 29.6      28.0 12.4
18Z:  9.6                 5.6                     26.2      24.8 18.0   B              B  31.1      25.4 12.6
19Z:                                              24.8      26.6   A    B              B  24.9      22.8 10.4
20Z:                                              25.8      26.1 40.9                  B            28.8  8.0
21Z:                                              21.3      32.2 42.5   A              B  10.8      32.7  9.7
22Z:                                              10.0      29.8   A  12.7             B  11.9      27.6 15.7
23Z:                                                B       33.9   A  18.5            8.0           31.0 15.5
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 18.12 MHz.


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

      BOU  TAO  ANC  CNV  PAL  SHE  OSA
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  230  450  240  180  620
01Z:       590  200  160  640
02Z:       530  140  160  470
03Z:   75  720  130  120  230
04Z:   72  760   92  120  110
05Z:   68  710   81       110
06Z:   57  520   74  120   88
07Z:   62  440   72  130   95
08Z:       360   68  120   97
09Z:   52  280   61  130   60
10Z:   59  250   60  120   59
11Z:   57        64  120   55
12Z:   53        75  140   41
13Z:   46        76  210   41
14Z:   58        70  270   41
15Z:   81        68  280   46
16Z:  100        72  270   40
17Z:             71  260   79
18Z:  160        82  240  170
19Z:  190       110  250  290
20Z:  280       130  300  420
21Z:  340       180       590
22Z:  360       200       820
23Z:  400       230  280  860


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

ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
SVE = Sverdlovsk                 USSR                (N56E061)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
WLP = Wallops Island VA          USA                 (N37W075)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
EIE = Eielson AFB AK             USA                 (N64W147)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121)
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.


