Lines: 236 Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 03 December Followup-To: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave Approved: rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!news.tele.fi!uunet!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!tribune.usask.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet Date: Sat, 3 Dec 94 22:02:37 MST From: oler@ultrix.uleth.ca (Cary Oler) Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.info Message-ID: <9412040502.AA00122@rho.uleth.ca> Xref: news.cs.tut.fi rec.radio.amateur.misc:63605 rec.radio.shortwave:41579 rec.radio.info:7123 --------------------------------------- DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 03 DEC 94 --------------------------------------- M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2 ------------------------------------------- ASH SVE SAL TOM DIX MAG WLP VBG GOO EIE TAO CHU ARG BER DYS --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 00Z: 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.2 B 2.8 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.6 01Z: 3.3 2.8 3.6 B 3.0 3.4 3.7 2.8 3.4 02Z: 3.3 3.1 4.0 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.5 03Z: 3.5 3.6 2.8 4.1 A A B 3.0 3.4 04Z: 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.8 2.7 3.9 A A R 2.9 3.5 05Z: 3.1 3.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 A B A 2.7 3.0 3.2 06Z: 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.0 A 3.0 3.5 2.9 3.1 07Z: 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.4 2.8 A A 2.9 3.3 2.6 3.1 3.0 08Z: 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.4 3.0 A B B 3.3 3.0 09Z: 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.1 A B A 3.9 3.2 3.2 10Z: 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.1 B B A A 2.6 3.0 3.2 11Z: 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.1 B B A 3.6 3.4 3.1 12Z: 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.5 B 3.2 A 3.8 2.7 3.5 3.2 13Z: 3.1 3.2 2.5 3.3 B 3.4 A 3.4 3.4 3.7 14Z: 3.2 3.6 B 3.6 A 3.3 B 3.3 3.7 3.4 15Z: 3.1 3.4 B 3.4 A 3.2 F 3.1 16Z: 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.4 17Z: 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.9 3.7 2.9 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.6 18Z: 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.0 3.6 3.3 2.3 3.5 19Z: 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.8 20Z: 3.5 3.7 2.8 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.6 21Z: 3.6 3.1 3.5 3.6 R 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.9 22Z: 3.3 3.6 2.6 3.8 3.0 F 2.9 3.4 23Z: 3.2 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.6 ========================================= Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2: 3.30. MINIMUM OBSERVED FREQUENCIES - FMIN (MHz) ----------------------------------------- ASH SVE SAL TOM DIX MAG --- --- --- --- --- --- 00Z: 1.8 1.0 1.0 01Z: 1.8 1.0 2.0 02Z: 1.3 03Z: 1.8 1.0 04Z: 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.4 05Z: 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.0 06Z: 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.0 07Z: 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.0 08Z: 1.8 2.0 1.5 1.0 09Z: 1.8 2.8 1.1 1.0 10Z: 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.4 1.0 11Z: 2.0 1.0 1.9 1.5 1.0 12Z: 2.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.0 13Z: 1.8 1.0 1.2 1.0 14Z: 2.0 1.4 1.4 15Z: 2.0 1.5 2.9 16Z: 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 17Z: 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 18Z: 2.0 1.8 1.1 2.7 1.0 19Z: 20Z: 21Z: 22Z: 23Z: CRITICAL SPORADIC E-LAYER FREQUENCIES - Es (MHz) ------------------------------------------------ ASH SVE SAL TOM DIX MAG --- --- --- --- --- --- 00Z: 2.4 01Z: 1.3 02Z: 03Z: 1.5 04Z: 1.6 2.0 05Z: 2.6 2.0 06Z: 5.5 1.1 07Z: 3.7 08Z: 2.8 2.2 09Z: 3.5 1.6 10Z: 4.3 2.8 1.4 11Z: 2.5 2.4 12Z: 2.4 2.0 13Z: 3.6 7.5 14Z: 4.4 7.5 15Z: 4.2 3.2 16Z: 4.0 2.5 17Z: 3.0 6.0 18Z: 2.3 4.0 1.4 19Z: 20Z: 21Z: 22Z: 23Z: OBSERVED CRITICAL F2 LAYER FREQUENCIES (MHz) -------------------------------------------- ASH SVE SAL TOM DIX MAG WLP VBG GOO EIE TAO CHU ARG BER DYS ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 00Z: 3.0 1.8 1.7 3.3 B 1.9 4.0 7.9 4.0 4.7 01Z: 2.7 1.6 3.2 6.0 B 3.6 9.7 1.9 4.1 4.0 02Z: 2.4 3.1 3.6 2.4 2.3 2.4 4.0 3.9 03Z: 4.5 4.2 2.4 4.0 A A B 4.0 4.1 04Z: 6.0 12.8 2.1 5.3 5.8 3.4 4.2 A A R 1.6 4.1 05Z: 7.1 2.9 6.1 5.0 3.7 A B A 1.4 4.5 3.5 06Z: 7.4 3.3 6.0 3.7 3.9 3.8 A 5.9 10.2 4.5 3.8 07Z: 8.0 3.6 6.6 2.7 4.5 A A 2.6 8.7 1.7 4.7 4.0 08Z: 5.0 3.9 6.1 2.4 4.5 A B B 4.4 4.3 09Z: 6.2 3.5 5.8 1.9 3.8 A B A 5.7 2.1 4.6 10Z: 6.6 5.3 3.1 4.0 1.6 3.1 B B A A 2.2 2.3 4.6 11Z: 7.0 4.8 2.9 3.7 1.7 3.0 B B A 3.6 5.0 4.6 12Z: 6.0 2.0 2.3 1.8 5.1 B 4.4 A 4.2 2.2 7.8 4.3 13Z: 1.4 2.3 3.3 5.7 B 5.3 A 3.1 8.5 4.7 14Z: 2.0 5.7 B 4.8 A 2.6 B 2.4 7.4 7.1 15Z: 2.0 7.4 B 6.0 A 2.8 F 8.8 16Z: 2.1 2.4 6.5 7.6 6.4 1.9 3.0 4.5 7.1 6.5 17Z: 2.2 2.1 3.0 2.3 6.7 7.2 5.8 1.8 4.5 5.1 7.3 7.1 18Z: 2.2 2.1 2.1 7.5 6.3 5.8 2.8 3.0 5.1 5.8 7.2 19Z: 6.5 6.3 5.8 4.5 2.1 5.4 6.1 7.3 20Z: 6.0 6.3 3.9 5.7 5.3 7.3 6.6 21Z: 5.4 7.2 3.2 5.8 R 5.1 3.0 5.8 7.0 22Z: 4.3 7.7 2.5 5.2 2.3 F 3.6 6.9 23Z: 3.7 7.4 2.3 5.6 4.0 3.5 6.6 ========================================= Estimated Average Global foF2: 4.50 MHz. MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCIES FOR 3000 KM PATHS (MHz) - MUF(3000) -------------------------------------------------------------- ASH SVE SAL TOM DIX MAG WLP VBG GOO EIE TAO CHU ARG BER DYS ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 00Z: 9.9 5.2 5.4 10.6 B 5.3 14.4 28.4 12.0 16.9 01Z: 8.9 9.0 21.6 B 10.8 33.0 7.0 11.5 13.6 02Z: 7.9 9.6 14.4 7.2 7.6 7.4 12.0 13.7 03Z: 15.8 15.1 6.7 16.4 A A B 12.0 13.9 04Z: 19.8 6.9 18.6 22.0 9.2 16.4 A A R 4.6 14.3 05Z: 22.0 9.6 23.8 17.5 11.1 A B A 3.8 13.5 11.2 06Z: 23.7 10.9 19.8 12.6 11.3 11.4 A 17.7 35.7 13.1 11.8 07Z: 28.0 11.9 23.8 9.2 12.6 A A 7.5 28.7 4.4 14.6 12.0 08Z: 17.0 12.9 23.8 8.2 13.5 A B B 14.5 12.9 09Z: 19.8 11.9 20.9 6.1 11.8 A B A 22.2 6.7 14.7 10Z: 21.8 10.2 12.0 4.8 9.6 B B A A 5.7 6.9 14.7 11Z: 23.1 15.8 9.3 12.6 5.3 9.3 B B A 13.0 17.0 14.3 12Z: 21.0 6.6 7.4 5.4 17.9 B 14.1 A 16.0 5.9 27.3 13.8 13Z: 4.3 7.4 8.2 18.8 B 18.0 A 10.5 28.9 17.4 14Z: 6.4 20.5 B 17.3 A 8.6 B 7.9 27.4 24.1 15Z: 6.2 25.2 B 20.4 A 9.0 F 27.3 16Z: 6.5 7.7 22.1 28.1 21.1 5.7 8.7 15.8 23.4 22.1 17Z: 6.8 6.5 10.2 7.4 23.4 28.1 21.5 5.2 16.2 17.3 27.7 25.6 18Z: 6.2 6.3 6.7 26.2 23.9 22.0 8.4 10.8 16.8 13.3 25.2 19Z: 22.1 23.9 22.0 15.3 6.9 18.4 20.1 27.7 20Z: 21.0 23.3 10.9 19.9 18.0 27.0 23.8 21Z: 19.4 22.3 11.2 20.9 R 16.8 10.5 21.5 27.3 22Z: 14.2 27.7 6.5 19.8 6.9 F 10.4 23.5 23Z: 11.8 25.2 6.7 17.4 12.4 10.5 23.8 =============================================== Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 14.83 MHz. OBSERVED TOTAL IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT ------------------------------------------- TAO ANC PAL BOU CNV ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 00Z: 150 340 110 01Z: 140 360 75 02Z: 94 250 61 03Z: 82 150 60 04Z: 64 96 52 05Z: 60 77 55 06Z: 58 50 51 07Z: 56 58 55 08Z: 55 50 57 09Z: 54 38 56 10Z: 53 37 60 11Z: 53 42 64 12Z: 50 42 64 13Z: 51 39 57 14Z: 52 40 64 15Z: 55 40 87 16Z: 56 42 100 17Z: 58 69 130 18Z: 74 110 130 19Z: 92 150 130 20Z: 130 210 130 21Z: 160 280 150 22Z: 170 340 150 23Z: 160 350 120 LIST OF REPORTING STATIONS AND THE SATELLITES THEY USE TO MEASURE TEC: ASH = Ashkhabad USSR (N37E058) SVE = Sverdlovsk USSR (N56E061) SAL = Salekhard USSR (N66E066) TOM = Tomsk USSR (N56E085) DIX = Dixon USSR (N74E081) MAG = Magadan USSR (N60E151) WLP = Wallops Island VA USA (N37W075) 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) ARG = Argentia Canada (N48W053) BER = Bermuda Bermuda (N32W064) DYS = Dyess AFB TX USA (N32W099) ANC = Anchorage AK USA (N61W150) PAL = Palehua HI USA (N21W158) BOU = Boulder CO USA (N40W105) CNV = Cape Canaveral FL USA (N28W080) 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.