State of the Art
WP2
Christer Jurén
Maria Winnebäck
Swedish Institute of Space Physics
October 26th 2004
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Summary Report
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Overview of the work completed/launched
Resources employed
Departures from the work schedule
Plans for the next phase
Comments:
This presentation is for the collection phase.
Text marked in red is supposed to be omitted from the final report.
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Overview of the work completed/launched
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Studied different types of Ionosondes, raw data and raw data formats
Studied different types of Ionospheric models;
- IRI
- SIRM
- SIRMUP
- Models from ”Fusion numerics”
Compared the different concepts of the Ionosondes relevant to DIAS
Visited and studied three Digisondes stations
Created an overview of organizations in USA, Australia and Japan
Started to look at organizations in India, China and Russia
Tested educations regarding general Ionospheric physics and specific handling of data to be used
in DIAS
First version of State of the Art report
Two use cases with one scenario each
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Resources employed
IRF
• Six working months for programmer
• Three working month for scientist
• One laptop with digital radio purchased
• Two visits to RAL for discussions of general knowledge contained in COST271 and
discussions about the WP2
• Attended two meetings about DIAS
Other
Anna Belehaki, National Observatory of Athens, General IPS information IPS’s HF…
Ljiljana Cander, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Information about sounding in China
Jens Mielich, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Iwona Stanislawska, Space Research Center Warsaw
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Departures from the work schedule
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Collection of requested information has been minimized in favour of studies
of general Ionospheric physics useful for DIAS
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The task collection of information will be prolonged until October 2004, but
the compilation of information started according to schedule and will run in
parallel.
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Plans for the next phase
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Make a travel to USA in connection with IRF’s plan for a suitable Ionosonde,
which hopefully will be a modern Dynasonde, which will produce compatible
results with the Digisondes in Europe.
State of the Art report.
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State of the Art Summary
Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe (Activities and Other Products)
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Raw data
Products
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Data
Types of Ionospheric parameters
Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of Ionospheric parameters
Added value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data
Interactive and static added value products
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Platforms to deliver data
Education of user regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications
Current situation in Europe
Appendix: Differences between Digisondes, Dynasondes and Classical Ionosondes (not yet included)
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Activities on the Internet
Archived values in ASCII, XML, Matlab, IIWG, SAO -format and graphical representation of the
main Ionospheric parameters.
Plots of ionospheric standard parameters for one or several days.
Ionospheric maps of specific geographic areas in hourly resolution based on direct measurements.
Ionospheric maps of specific geographic areas in hourly resolution based on long term models.
Real-time and historical Ionospheric data in gif, png and mpeg-movie format.
Real-time and historical Ionospheric data interactive; 3D representation.
POLAN results.
Numerically scale ionograms and get the scaled parameters sent back by email.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Activities on the Internet (continue)
Forecasts of ionospheric disturbances on solar observations and geomagnetic predictions.
HF information for Europe, North America, Australasia and Asia.
Ionospheric maps of foF2 and TEC (Total Electron Content).
Estimates for the T-Index (Transmission Index),
HAP (Hourly Area Predictions) charts and predictions.
HF-conditions (Ionospheric summary and forecasts, MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency) reports).
HF frequency predictions and warnings.
Alerts and warnings via SMS, email, fax or pager.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Other Products
World Data Centre
Ionospheric Digital Database, 1994 CD-ROM
Two disc set containing 40,000 station-months of digitized vertical incidence parameters from 130
worldwide sites for the period from 1957 through 1990. Includes custom-designed access and
display software (Price: $205).
IPS
Two pieces of IPS Software are available to order:
ASAPS (Advanced Stand Alone Prediction System) predicts sky wavy communication conditions in
the HF or VHF radio spectrum of Short Wave band (1 to 45 MHz). It is based on an ionospheric
model developed by IPS. Sale price is set to $375 AUD, or $275 USD, or €240.
GWPS is a program for estimating Ground Wave Range values under specified ground and
operation conditions. It is a stand-alone program that runs on any DOS system with graphics
capability. Both are available for sale, priced differently according to geographical location. It costs
$54 AUD, or $35 USD, or €34.
IPS Training material available to order:
ASAPS training courser, on the different prediction types and navigating within ASAPS. The course
is 1-day long and costs $150AUD.
HF Radio course, on HF Radio Propagation. The course is 1-day long and costs $190AUD per
person.
HF Radio Manual is a complete introduction to the ionosphere, HF radio propagation and solar
terrestrial activity. It costs between $25 and $30 AUD worldwide.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of
digital information
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
All over the world (continue)
WDC, World Data Centre http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/
Created to archive and distribute data collected from the observational programs of the
1957-1958 International Geophysical Year.
52 Centers in 12 countries world wide.
Its holdings include a wide range of solar, geophysical, environmental and human dimensions
data.
In general, WDCs do not provide operational services such as short-term forecasting or realtime reporting of geophysical or environmental conditions (e.g., of geomagnetic disturbances).
WDCs are funded and maintained by their host countries on behalf of the international science
community. They accept data from national and international scientific or monitoring programs
as resources permit. All data held in WDCs are available for no more than the cost of copying
and sending the requested information.
WDC Ionosphere is in Tokyo.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
Australia
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IPS (Ionospheric Prediction Service) http://www.ips.gov.au
Who is IPS?
IPS acts as the Australian Space Weather Agency, providing the Australian national
radio propagation and space weather services. Systems and technologies affected by
space weather, and supported by IPS, include:
HF radio systems, such as communications and surveillance systems;
•Geophysical exploration, power systems protection and the cathodic protection of long
distance pipelines;
•Satellite and spacecraft operations
Support is also provided for international and domestic research into the space
environment. IPS operates an extensive network of monitoring stations and
observatories within the Australasian region and in Antarctica to gather information on
the space environment in support of our customers' operations. IPS also exchanges this
information with similar organisations world wide.
Information from the IPS website is open to the public.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
Australia (continue)
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SPIDR (Space Physics Interactive Data Resources)
http://spidr2.ips.gov.au/spidr
The Space Physics Interactive Data Resource (SPIDR) is designed to allow a solar terrestrial physics customer to intelligently access and
manage historical space physics data for integration with environment models and space weather forecasts. SPIDR is a distributed
network of synchronous databases and 100% Java middle-ware servers accessed via the World Wide Web. By enabling easy data
mirroring and eliminating the network bottlenecks associated with transcontinental links, the distributed system architecture is a key factor
for low latency in multimedia data visualization and fast data delivery.
The key concepts in the SPIDR architecture are the data basket (a collection of different space weather parameters selected from different
databases for the same time interval) and space weather event. The data basket allows the user to manipulate and deliver the data in
various standard formats for easy integration into existing tools. The "event" system is designed to allow the user to specify desired spatial,
temporal, and parameter conditions in fuzzy linguistic and/or numeric terms and then to mine the archives and receive a ranked list of
space weather events best matching the desired conditions in the historical archive.
Once an event is discovered or identified, the client can request dynamical temporal and spatial visualization using a set of communicating
Java applets, browse the archive of Sun and Earth satellite images, and request delivery of the data formatted for inclusion in model runs.
Each SPIDR node has a database management interface, which allows data updates performed either by a local user or by another
SPIDR server from the Net. The servers communicate with each other for scheduled mirroring of the data and software.
The space weather historical archives implemented are geomagnetic field variation and indices, sunspot numbers, ionosphere,
interplanetary magnetic field and sun wind parameters, cosmic rays events and sun flares, GOES, SOHO and YHOKOH satellites data.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
USA
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SPIDR
http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr
“Dynasonde”
http://ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/Dynasonde
Ionospheric Data Archived at NGDC
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/ionohome.html
UMass Lowell Center for Atmospheric Research
http://ulcar.uml.edu/index.html
Space Environment Center
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
Fusion Numerics
http://www.fusionnumerics.com/
Fusion Numerics’ Ionospheric Portal
http://63.231.68.133/ionosphere/DesktopDefault.aspx
GAIM (Global Assimilative Ionospheric Model)
http://iono.jpl.nasa.gov/gaim/intro.html
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
USA
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UMass Lowell Center for Atmospheric Research
http://ulcar.uml.edu/index.html
The Center was founded with the goal of conducting
experimental and analytical research in the atmospheric
and space sciences, to provide research opportunities for
graduate and undergraduate students and to demonstrate
how research and development tie to solving real world
problems. Carrying out these objectives requires tapping
the science and engineering expertise residing in the
university.
The Center for Atmospheric Research is the manufacturer
of the so called Digisondes DGS-256, DPS-1, DPS-4.
Digisondes and Ionosondes all over the world at
http://ulcar.uml.edu/slist.htm
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
USA
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Space Environment Center
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
The Space Environment Center (SEC) provides real-time
monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events,
conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, and develops
techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances.
SEC's Space Weather Operations Center is jointly operated by
NOAA and the U.S. Air Force and is the national and world
warning center for disturbances that can affect people and
equipment working in the space environment.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
USA
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Commercial Space Weather Service Providers
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Vendors/commercial.html
Some HF communication and Navigation service companies
- Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
http://www.spacew.com/
- Northwest Research Associates http://www.nwra-az.com/nwra_spawx.html
- Space Environment Technologies Company Information
http://www.spacewx.com/
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
USA
Fusion Numerics, has an architecture similar to DIAS! http://www.fusionnumerics.com/
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
Russia
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SPIDR
http://clust1.wdcb.ru/spidr
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
South Africa
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SPIDR
Hermann Ohlthaver Institute for Aeronomy
South African Ionospheric Center
http://spidr.ru.ac.za/spidr
http://phlinux.ru.ac.za/hoia/
http://ionosond.ru.ac.za/
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
South Africa
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Hermann Ohlthaver Institute for Aeronomy
http://phlinux.ru.ac.za/hoia/
The Hermann Ohlthaver Institute for Aeronomy (HOIA) was established in December 1983.
HOIA falls under the management of the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory, a national facility of the
National Research Foundation (NRF).
In the earlier years research was fairly broadly based, involving the ionosphere over Antarctica, Gough
Island and Grahamstown, as well as local Middle Atmosphere studies and theoretical work. With the
rationalization of the Antarctic program away from HOIA, the emphasis has moved towards more local and
applied research that lies more firmly in the Ionospheric communications field. Current research is
exploring the use of artificial Neural Networks as an aid to Ionospheric prediction, the use of meteor trains
to establish the dynamics of the lower ionosphere, and the expansion of the measurement capabilities of
the DPS Ionosondes.
Provides foF2 and foE Prediction Service for South African Region and foF2 Forecast Service for
Grahamstown.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
South Africa
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South African Ionospheric Center
http://ionosond.ru.ac.za/
The South African Ionospheric Data Center is operated by the Hermanus Magnetic
Observatory, and is located in the Department of Physics and Electronics at Rhodes
University in Grahamstown, South Africa.
The South African Ionospheric Data Center provides available data and ionograms from
3 stations in South Africa. To access the data permission is required.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
Japan
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SPIDR
http://gedas22.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/spidr
ISDJ (Ionospheric Sounding Data in Japan)
http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
NIC (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
Japan
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ISDJ (Ionospheric Sounding Data in Japan)
http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
Independent Administrative Institution
National Institute of Information and
Communications Technology
Applied Research and Standards Division
Ionosphere and Radio Propagation Group
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
Japan
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NIC (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
Space Environment Information Service
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Organizations involved in the generation of digital information
China
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SPIDR
Wuhan
http://spidr.sepc.ac.cn/spidr
http://digisonde.whcnc.ac.cn/
None of the above could be reached!
Some information about soundings in China here!
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Techniques used by these organizations to
generate the digital content
(raw data and products)
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Raw data
Types of Ionospheric stations providing data
Australia
Ionosondes (Own constructions, CADI?)
Digisondes
USA
Ionosondes (CADI…)
Digisondes
Dynasondes
Japan
Ionosondes
GPS instrumentations are used by all of them!
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Raw data
Networking of Ionospheric stations
Australia
IPS’s ionosondes and military ionosondes.
USA
Only one dynasonde in Bear Lake, Utah
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/Dynasonde/BL_TR_LY.htm
A lot of digisondes distributed all over the USA
http://ulcar.uml.edu/stationlist.html
Japan
Four sounding stations in Japan
http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Raw data
Collection of raw data from Ionospheric stations
Australia
All type of parameters some even in SAO format.
USA
All parameters in SAO format, both dynasonde and digisonde.
e.g. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/Dynasonde/archive/slides/
Other types of formats:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/lists/iono_day.html
But even in some classical formats like IIWG.
Japan
Own type of formats!
Ionogram pictures from all of them!
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Products
Architecture of systems with operation similar to DIAS
Australia
Guest login and registered user login.
USA
Guest login and registered user login.
Japan
No login to get data and ionograms except for access via SPIDR.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Products
Models using to generate added value products
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au
IRI-90 Ionospheric Model
(for near real-time ionospheric total electron content (TEC) map)
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Products
Models using to generate added value products
USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr
Ionospheric Models [info]
General Model
International Reference Ionosphere[ info, ftp, run]
Electron Density Models
Chiu Ionospheric Model[info, ftp]
Bent Ionospheric Model[info]
Penn State Mk III Model[info]
SLIM Model[info]
FAIM Model[info]
Electric Convection Field Models
Polar Cap Potential Drop Model[info]
Volland Electric Field Model[info]
Heelis Electric Convection Field Model [info]
Utah Electric Convection Field Model[info]
IZMIRAN Electrodynamic Model (IZMEM)[info, link]
Millstone Hill Electric Field Model[info]
Heppner-Maynard-Rich Electric Field Model[info, ftp]
F2-Peak Models and Applications
CCIR foF2 and M(3000)F2 Model Maps[info]
URSI foF2 Model Maps[info]
ISS-b foF2 Maps[info]
MINIMUF/QSTMUF Model[info]
IONCAP Model[info]
WBMOD Ionospheric Scintillation Model[info, link]
Electron Temperature Models
Density Dependent Electron Temperature Model[info]
AEROS Electron Temperature Model[info]
AE/ISIS Electron Temperature Models[info]
Ion Composition and Drift Models
DY Ion Composition Model[info]
ISR Ion Drift Model[info, ftp]
St. Santin Ion Drift Model[info]
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content
Products
Models using to generate added value products
Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
!No models could be found!
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Products delivered in the scientific,
commercial and industrial community
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Types of Ionospheric parameters
Australia
http://www.ips.gov.au/
fmin, M(3000)F2, foE, h’E, foEs, fbEs, h’Es, foF1, h’F, foF2, fxI, h’F2
USA
http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/
h’F, hpF2, hmF2, hc, fxI,M(3000)F2, MUF(3000)F2, fmin, fminF, hmE,
fminE,fMUF(3000), h’MUF(3000), hmF1, ITEC, B0, B1, D1, Type Es, fmI
Japan
http://wdc-c2.nict.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
fmin, foE, h’E, foEs, h’Es, TYPES, fbEs, foF1, M(3000)F1, h’F, h’F2, foF2,
fxF2, M(3000)F2, fxI, dfs1, dfs2, dfs3, dfs4, f1MUF, f2MUF, hdF2, hpF2,
ypF2
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/
Ionograms from 15 stations in the Australian region every 5th minute.
Ionograms and parameters are available 30 days back in time.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data
USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr
Ionospheric data available since 1942 depending on station (Only Ottawa 1942).
Time step 15 minute, 1 hour (parameter graph, no ionograms).
http://www.sec.noaa.gov
The values of 15 ionospheric parameters are available in txt-format:
Ionospheric parameters - foF2,
latest
hmF2, M(D), D, h'F, yF2, fMUF,
h,' fxI, foF1, foE, hmE, foEs, fbEs,
ITEChourly
3 months
NGDC
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data
Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
Ionograms and parameters from 4 stations in Japan.
Ionograms every 15 minute.
Parameter value every hour.
Ionograms and parameters available 30 days back in time.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of Ionospheric parameters
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6
Look at and manually scale ionograms from
15 different stations in the Australian region.
Earliest about 30 days before current day.
Printable image
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6
Synthetic equivalent oblique ionogram from
the vertical ionogram
Options of distances to choose from for
the derivation of the equivalent ionogram.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6
Manually scale ionograms from
15 stations in the Australian region.
11 parameters can be scaled:
fmin, foE, hE, foEs, fbEs, hEs, foF1, hf, foF2, fxI, hF2
These parameters value can be sent to
a chosen e-mail address.
No support for descriptor/qualifier letters.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9
IPS operates the World Data Centre (WDC) for Solar-Terrestrial Science (STS), in Sydney.
The Centre provides Solar and Ionosonde data as well as
Space Physics Interactive Data Resources (SPIDR).
Data Catalogue
·Ionosonde Data
·Riometer Data
·Spectrograph Data
·GPS Data
From all Australian ionospheric stations
For the Australian Antarctic stations from 1987 to 2003
From the station of Calgoora
From the stations of Vanimo and Port Moresby
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue)
Data Display Tools
Magnetometer
An interactive tool that accepts user input
(selections from drop-down lists) of Station, Date
and Components.
Users are also given the choice of downloading the
relevant data into a comma-separated file.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue)
Data Display Tools (continue)
Ionospheric Hourly
An interactive tool that accepts user input of Station
Parameter (foF2, M(3000)F2, h’F2, foF1, h’F, foE,
h’E, foEs, fbEs, h’Es, fmin, fxl) and Date and
displays Iondata and Line Graph.
Users are also given the choice of downloading the
relevant data into a comma-separated file.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue)
Data Display Tools (continue)
Medians
An interactive tool that accepts user input of
Median (foF2 or M(3000)F2), Station(s) (either in
Australasia & Antarctica, or Asia, or Europe, or
America, or Africa) and Date and displays Media
and Line Graph.
Users are also given the choice of downloading the
relevant data into a comma-separated file.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue)
Data Display Tools (continue)
Spectrograph
Accepts user input of Station and Date and displays
Spectrograph Graph or downloads retrieved data in
a comma-separated file.
Only from Calgoora station.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/
Detailed data set request
57 stations (year 2004) all over the world
Download data in ASCII, Matlab, XML,
IIWG or SAO format.
Choose station from map or list
Ionospheric layer: F2, F1, E or Es (one or all)
Parameters: h’F, hpF2, hmF2, hc, fxI, M(3000)F2,
MUF(3000)F2, fmin, fminF, fminE,
fMUF(3000), h’MUF(3000)hmF1,
ITEC, B0, B1, D1, Type Es, fmI, hmE
(one or all)
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr
Time plots, line graphs, from all stations providing
data to SPIDR .
SPIDR can plot time series with static GIF images
or with dynamic Java applet.
Possibility to zoom in and out
in the graph (Java applet).
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
Latest data, vertical, oblique,
oblique -> vertical, in color or
monochrome from 4 stations in Japan.
Summary of all layers, F layer,
E layer or of all frequencies.
Mpeg movie for the latest 48 hours.
Search past 30 days and display with
mpeg movie (1 day unit).
Move the mouse (interactive) over
the ionogram to see the frequency
and height for the special point.
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html
Factor values provided from Ionograms, indicated with HTML format or booklet format (graphic file).
HTML format
Booklet format
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters
Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html (continue)
Factor values provided from Ionograms, indicated with booklet format (graphic file).
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Australia
http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=2
Space Weather
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=3
Satellite
Latest Conditions
Magnetopause Model
Electron Fluence Forecast
Total Electron Content
Regional Maps over Australasia, North America, Europe and Japan
GPS and IRI Comparison (IRI/foF2 TEC values are computed by using the IRI-90 model with auto-scaled foF2
ionosonde data observered in Australian region as the input parameters to the model)
Prediction Tools
Sun-Satellite Interference
Orbital Decay Estimations
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Solar
Solar Conditions
Day-Night Location
Solar Region Data
Solar Activity Plot
Solar Wind Speed
Summary and Forecast
Monthly Sunspot Numbers
X-Ray Flux
X-Ray Flares
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Culgoora and Learmonth Observatory
Overview
Spectrographs
Last Type II Event
H-Alpha Image
Flare Forecast
Historical Data
Type II Events
Daily Spectrographs
H-Alpha Images
SEP Related Events
Online Tools
Solar Activity Rotation
Culgoora and Learmonth Type II Tool
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HF Systems
Overview of HF-related Products and Services
Australasia
HAP (Hourly Area Prediction) Charts
Hourly HAP Charts (Updates every 60 minutes)
The HAP chart is a guide to frequency selection for HF
communications between mobiles and a specified base station.
The recommended frequency for communications with the base
at a given hour is read off from the point in the map
corresponding to the mobile's location. The predictions are
made from real time data which are updated each hour.
'dash lines' - If present, these delineate areas of unlikely
communication. Poor communication areas which can result
from one or more of the following conditions:
- the Absorption Limiting Frequency (ALF) is higher than the
Optimum Working Frequency (OWF).
- the ALF exceeds the highest frequency in the user's frequency
set.
- there is no suitable frequency from the user's set that is
between the OWF and ALF.
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HAP (Hourly Area Prediction) Charts
Daily HAP Charts (Updates every 24 hours)
These are Daily Area Predictions of communication
frequencies for the present day and are based on IPS
average maps of the ionosphere.
Options to choose a location and a Universal Time
Period (00-05, 06-11, 12-17, 18-23)
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Australasia
HF Conditions
Current foF2 Plots
These are graphs of auto scaled foF2 against monthly
predicted foF2 values. These values are based on the
automated interpretation of ionograms received each hour.
Legend:
White solid line indicates monthly predicted foF2.
White dashed line indicates monthly predicted foF2 +/-30%.
Red solid line indicates hourly observed foF2 from that station.
Yellow solid line indicates sporadic E (foEs).
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Australasia
HF Conditions
Ionospheric Summary and Forecast
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Australasia
HF Conditions
Maximum Usable Frequency Report
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Australasia
HF Conditions
Current Oblique Ionograms
IPS operates a Barry Chirpsounder of HF receiver.
The images are oblique ionograms from this instrument for the
circuit Canberra-Sydney and Auckland-Sydney. Overlayed on
the ionograms are the first and second (if applicable) mode F
layer predictions based on the IPS real time map and
a prediction model.
Auckland Sydney
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Australasia
HF Conditions
Hourly LAMP
(Local Area Mobile Predictions) Charts
Local Area Mobile Predictions of communication
frequencies based on current observed conditions in the
Australasia ionosphere. Because of the variability of the
ionosphere this type of prediction can only be made for
the current few hours.
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Australasia
HF Conditions
Recent Days LAMP Charts
Possibility to choose from 5 stations in Australian region.
Data available from the last 30 days.
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T Index "equivalent sunspot number"
T Index Map =
Real-time Ionospheric foF2 map
The image shows the difference between current observed
hourly conditions and predicted monthly conditions for the
Australian region.
The colours blue, green, yellow, red correspond to
“enhanced”, “normal”, “mildly depressed” and “depressed”
conditions respectively.
Depressions and enhancements are with respect to the
IPS predicted monthly T index for that month.
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T Index
T Index Plot
This plot shows the trend in the
observed Australian regional T index
over the past 30 days. The daily
values can fluctuate during
disturbances. The dashed blue line
represents the median of these daily
values and is an indicator of the
quiet level of ionospheric support
over the period plotted. The forecast
daily T index for the current UT day
is showed as the unfilled rectangle.
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Asia
HAP Charts
Hourly HAP Charts
Daily HAP Charts
Ionospheric foF2 Map - Japan
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Europe
Hourly HAP Charts for 8 cities
(Athens, Belgrade, Berlin, London, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm)
T Index Map
Ionospheric foF2 Map
Data used to produce the map of European region are from:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica in Rome
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Ionosondes Group) in England
Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Institute of Space Applications and Remote Sensing,
National Observatory of Athens in Greece
Recent foF2 Plots for Athens and Rome
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North America
HAP Charts
Hourly HAP Charts
Daily HAP Charts
HAP Chart with Auroral Oval Superimposed
T Index
Ionospheric foF2 Map
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North Atlantic
Hourly HAP Charts (Athens, Paris, New York, Azores, Reykjavik)
Ionospheric Map
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HF Systems
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Global HF
HF Conditions
Global Propagation
Propagation now, updates every 60 minutes.
Propagation summary, updates every 24 hours.
Propagation forecast, updates every 24 hours.
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Global HF
Fadeout Charts
Current HF Fadeout
Last Major Flare
The map shows the absorption limited frequency (ALF) - the lowest
frequency able to propagate - for HF circuits typically 1500 km in length.
To use the plot, work out the approximate location where your circuit is
being reflected by the ionosphere and estimate the value of the ALF
from the contours. If the frequency you wish to use is lower than this
value then communication is unlikely; if it is higher than the ALF then
communication is still possible.
For short circuits compared with 1500 km, the ALF values from the map
are likely to be too high and communications will still be possible for
slightly lower frequencies. For much longer circuits, slightly higher
frequencies than the suggested ALF can still be affected by the fadeout.
This plot is event driven and updates when a flare of magnitude M1 or
greater is observed.
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Global HF
Polar Cap Absorption
T index
Monthly T Indices
Real Time T Indicies
Real time T index is based on autoscaled data.
Real time T wil depart from monthly predicted T
during disturbances.
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Online Tools
Prediction Tools
HAP Prediction Display
Min-Max (Area of Coverage) HAP Prediction Display
URSL (Upper, Recommended, Secondary and Lower) - HF Frequency Prediction
GRAFEX Prediction Display
Air Route Chart
Prediction From Ionospheric Map (Aust/NZ & North Atlantic only)
RAAF Air Route Chart
User Response Form
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Online Tools
GRAFEX Prediction Display
Options to choose place from map or base locator
(Write the city name, for a more exact location)
Base Locator
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Online Tools
GRAFEX Prediction Results
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Online Tools
Prediction from ionospheric map
(Aust/NZ and North Atlantic only)
Results:
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Online Tools
Index Plots
Data available for one year back in time.
The bar graph display shows the planetary A index.
Red and yellow bars indicate disturbed an moderately
disturbed days respectively. Green bars indicate quiet days.
During summer/equinox periods the ionospheric
depression response may be seen on the day on and
following geomagnetically disturbed days.
This is indicated by the dip in the T index plots.
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Map example
TEC (Total Electron Content) conditions over Europe
This near real-time ionospheric total electron content (TEC) map is produced at
IPS by using the IRI-90 ionospheric model with real-time foF2 data observed at
the ionosonde stations distributed in this region.
The map shows colour contours of TEC in units of 10^16 electrons/m2.
The data on this map can be used to get an estimate of the corrections to be
applied to satellite navigation measurements to account for the extra delay in the
transmission of the radio signals between the satellite and a receiver on earth due
to the presence of the ionosphere.
Updates every 60 minutes.
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Forecast exampel
HF Communications Warning
Last updated 15 Sep 2004 09:00 UT
SUBJ: IPS PRELIMINARY HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WARNING 04/38
ISSUED AT 13/2307Z SEPTEMBER 2004
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.
DEGRADED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED
FROM 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2004
A shock passage from recent CME activity has resulted in
elevated geomagnetic activity. Significantly elevated proton flux
has been observed following the shock passage. HF disturbances possible
Sep 14-15 mainly at high latitudes, and around local dawn
at low to mid latitudes.
IF COMMS DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED TRY A LOWER FREQUENCY BAND
A MORE DETAILED HF WARNING WILL FOLLOW IF DEPRESSIONS EVENTUATE.
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Mailing List
Alerts:
Possibility of Auroral Event
Magnetic Alert
Geomagnetic Sudden Impulse Detection
Flare Alert
SWF Alert
Proton Alert
Radio Sweep events detected at Culgoora
GEOmagnetic STorm Alert Tracking System
Solar Wind Shock Alert
Solar Wind geomagnetic activity precursor Alert
Warnings:
Geophysical Warning
HF Warning
Daily Reports:
Daily HF Propagation Report
Daily Solar and Geophysical Report
Automated Daily European HF Propagation Report
Daily Quiet Sun Radio Fluxes from Learmonth
Weekly Reports:
Weekly Geophysical Report
Weekly HF Propagation Report
Weekly Solar and Geophysical Report
Monthly Reports:
Observed and Predicted Solar Indices
IPS Observed and Predicted T Indices
Monthly Solar and Geophysical Report
Other:
Ionosonde Network Advisory Group
Australian radio science general mail list
URSI Commission G Mailing List
Ionospheric Research Mailing List
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SMS Services (only in Australia)
Short-Wave fadeout (SWF) Alerts
Example: AUSTRALIAN REGION HF FADEOUT
ALERT: Minor fadeout 09-11-2000 start 0309 max
0314 end 0329 UT IPS Radio & Space Services
Details www.ips.gov.au ph 02-92138010
Auroral Alerts
Example: AURORA ALERT: 1318 UT on 10 Nov
2000 Aurora may be observed at high latitudes. IPS
Radio & Space Services Details www.ips.gov.au ph
02 92138010
Geomagnetic Alerts
Example: GEOMAGNETIC ALERT: 1516 UT on 10 Nov 2000
Minor geomagnetic storm in progress IPS Radio & Space
Services Details www.ips.gov.au ph 02 92138010
GEOSTAT System
Example: IPS GEOSTAT ALERT 2: STATUS 5 MAJOR
GEOMAGNETIC STORM POSSIBLE WITHIN 3-4 DAYS. IPS
RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES DETAILS www.ips.gov.au 02
92138010
To subscribe to any of alerts for one year at a nominal cost of $32.40
(AUD). There is a minimum service charge of a total of AUD $40 per year
for all IPS services received.
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when issued
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timeline, or
FTP file
from September
2001
Space Weather Advisory Bulletin
when issued
latest
6 months
3 hours
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Solar and Geophysical Activity Report and 3-day Forecast
after 2200UTC
web page, or FTP
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75 days
3-day Space Weather Predictions
after 2200UTC
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45-day Ap and 10.7cm Forecast
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3-hourly WWV Geophysical Alert Message
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Tuesday
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27-day 10cm, Ap, and Max Kp Outlook
Tuesday
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Space Weather Advisory Outlook
Tuesday
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6 months
Solar Cycle Prediction: sunspot number
1st week of month
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graph
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1st week of month
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Ionospheric Correction Model - STORM
15 min
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Costello Geomagnetic Activity Index--Predicted Kp
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Relativistic Electron Forecast Model
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FTP file
75 days
from 1996
Solar Region Summary
after
0030UTC
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75 days
from 1996
Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary
after
0245UTC
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75 days
from 1996
Daily Summary of Space Weather Observations
after
0200UTC
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75 days
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GEOALERT
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0330UTC
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"The Weekly" - Preliminary Report and Forecast of Solar
Geophysical Data
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month
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2003
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Solar Cycle 23 Project - November 1996
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Summary of Panel Findings - September 1997
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2002
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Daily Space Weather Values---10cm solar radio flux; SWO sunspot
number, area, and new regions; Stanford solar mean field; GOES xray background flux; and x-ray and optical flare counts, GOES proton
and electron flux; neutron monitor % of background; Fredericksburg,
Boulder, College, and est. Planetary A&K indices
hourly
today, yesterday
75 days
NGDC
A indices and K indices--from the U.S. Geological Survey Stations
3 hours
2 days, 7 days
from 1999
NGDC
Daily Geomagnetic Data--Fredericksburg, College, and est.
Planetary A&K indices
3 hours
30 days, quarter
from 1994
NGDC
Daily Particle Data--GOES proton and electron fluence, neutron
monitor % of background
0230UTC
30 days, quarter
from 1994
NGDC
Daily Solar Data--10cm solar radio flux; SWO sunspot number, area,
and new regions; Stanford solar mean flux; GOES x-ray background
flux; and x-ray and optical flare counts
0230UTC
30 days, quarter
from 1994
NGDC
SOLAR2000 E10.7 (EUV) Index
2300UTC
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SET
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Recent Solar Indices of Observed Monthly Mean Values-observed and smoothed sunspot number, 10cm solar radio flux, and
Ap
1st week of
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NGDC
Solar Cycle Progression--sunspot number, 10cm solar radio flux,
and Ap
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"Today's Space Weather"
5 min
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GOES X-ray Flux 1-min data
1 min
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NGDC
Satellite Environment Plot
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GOES ElectronFlux
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15 min
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Tuesday
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Boulder Magnetometer and K-indices
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ACE RTSW MAG, EPAM, SWEPAM, SIS *
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ASC
ACE RTSW MAG, EPAM, SWEPAM, SIS *
hourly
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ASC
Magnetosphere: Magnetic Fields and Particles
5 min
web pages
30 days
--
Auroral Activity from NOAA POES
~3 hours
dynamic, latest North
South
3-4 days North
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Relative Intensities of POES Energetic Particles
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ACE RTSW MAG, EPAM, SWEPAM, SIS: Hourly averages *
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Ionospheric parameters - foF2, hmF2, M(D), D, h'F, yF2, fMUF,
h,' fxI, foF1, foE, hmE, foEs, fbEs, ITEC
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Maps, forecasts and alerts
USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts
Space Weather Alerts
Graphical Timelines
Text Format
Past 7 days
Current month
Currently in Effect
Previous month
•Archive: Graphical Timelines and Text Format from 2001
•Space Weather Alerts via anonymous FTP server
•Table of Space Weather Alerts
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts (continue)
Space Weather Alerts
Products & Services
Related Displays and Data
Indices and Event Reports
•Geomagnetic, Radio Flux, and Solar Indices Log
•K-indices chart
•A-indices chart
•Solar Event Reports x-ray flares, radio bursts and other reports
•Radio Burst Event Reports and Solar Radio Flux Lists
•Solar Proton Events
Solar Images and Maps
•SXI Latest Images, Movies
•Solar Image Sites
•Recent solar image with region number annotations*
•Map of Active Solar Regions**
•Forecast -- SEC Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity and
3-day Predictions
Dynamic Plots
•Solar X-ray Flux: 6-hour (1-min data), 3-day (5-min data)
•D-Region Absorption Prediction
•Boulder-NOAA Magnetometer k-indices and sudden impulses
•GOES Magnetometer
•GOES Electron >2 MeV integral flux
•GOES Proton >10 MeV and >100 MeV integral flux
Plots, Lists, and Web Pages
•Online data at SEC
•Plots of Solar-Geophysical Data
•Lists of Solar-Geophysical Data
•Today's Space Weather
•Space Weather Now
* Courtesy of SOHO -- an international cooperation project between ESA and NASA
** Courtesy of Raben Systems, Inc
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
Solar-Terrestrial
ISES (International Space Environment Service) Alert and Forecasts, data only within the last
three months
Geoalert Ex: RWC Tokyo
WWA/RWC Boulder
Forecast Ex: Fredericksburg A-Index
HF Radio Telecommunication Index
ISES Plain report from RWC’s to Tokyo, data only within the last three months
Ex: Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary (from SEC Boulder)
Culgoora Morning Report (from SEC Sydney)
Solar Activity Chart
Geomagnetic Activity Chart
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
Solar
Solar Image Database (need to register)
Hiraiso Radio Spectrograph (HiRAS)
Yesterday’s Solar Radio Observation
Real-time HiRAS Data
Recent Typical HiRAS Observation
HiRAS Data Archives (GIF files) since 1996
HiRAS Spectral Observation Summary Reports (text files) October 1994–August 2004
HiRAS Single frequency Observations Summary Reports (pdf files) July 2000-Austust 2004
HiRAS System
Typical HiRAS Observations
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
Interplanetary
Real-time Solar Wind Plot (1 day)
Plot Archive (every 1 day) since 1998
Sector and Corotation
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
Magnetosphere
Geomagnetic Data Plot
Real-time AE indices
Dst prediction with neural network algorithm
Aurora/Plasmasphere image by IMAGE satellite
Real-time Magnetosphere Simulation
INTERMAGNET (International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network)
GMS/SEM High Energy Particle Flux
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Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
Forecast example
HF Radio Telecommunication Index
Radio Telecommunications Forecast (by Hiraiso)
Date | 0
0 ------------------------QF |
SWF |
[Note] QF;Forecast Quality Figure SWF;Possibility of SWF
1=very poor, 2=poor 0=nothing
3=slightly poor, 4=good 1=slight possibility
5=very good
2=high possibility
Radio Telecommunications Forecast (by Hiraiso)
Date |15
21
------------------------QF | 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
SWF | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
[Note] QF;Forecast Quality Figure SWF;Possibility of SWF
1=very poor, 2=poor 0=nothing
3=slightly poor, 4=good 1=slight possibility
5=very good
2=high possibility
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Added-value products
Maps, forecasts and alerts
Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp
GeoAlerts example
RWC Tokyo
Local Observation
Ground-based solar data : radio and solar optical
Space-based solar data : all (x-rays, particles, x-ray, images)
Magnetic data : ground-based magnetometers
Ionospheric data : ionosondes
ALERTS & ADVICES (FORECASTS)
Flare forecast on 02(1days) :QUIET
Magnetic forecast on 02(/days) :QUIET
Proton forecast on 02(/days) :QUIET
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static added value products
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9
World Data Centre
Data catalogue
Ionosonde Data
List of all Australian
Ionospheric Stations,
earlier and nowadays.
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static added value products
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue)
Following information for all stations:
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static added value products
Australia
http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6
Consultancy and support
IPSConsultancy
IPS provides specialist consulting services to support the design of new HF radio systems and networks or the re-configuration of existing ones. Their range of
information and support includes:
Area of coverage charts and propagation analysis across HF networks
Frequency Management Software for integration into users’ systems
Ionogram auto-scaled software
HF Antenna modeling and footprints.
Client Support
ISP provides customized products to the following companies/ organizations:
Airservices Australia
Hourly HAP Charts
State Emergency Service
HAP of communication frequencies based on current observed conditions from Bathurst, Bourke, Dubbo, Goonellabah, Goulburn, Grafton,
Gunnedah, Lavington, Lord Howe Island, Metford, Moree, Parkes, Singleton, Sydney, Taree, Wagga Wagga and Wollogong
AMSA
Hourly HAP Charts from Chralville and Wiluna
RECOM
Hourly HAP Charts
Australian Antarctic Program
Hourly HAP Charts from Casey, Commonwealth Bay, Hobart and Macquarie Island)
Virgin Blue
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Hourly, Daily and Monthly HAP Charts from Brisbane
Route Prediction Display, an interactive tool that accepts user input and displays a route prediction
Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static added-value products
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6
Products & Services
IPS provides support for a wide range of systems and technologies affected by space weather. These include
•HF radio systems, such as communications and surveillance systems
•Geophysical exploration, power systems protection and the cathodic protection of long distance pipelines
•Satellite and spacecraft operations
Customer guide:
Customer Operation
Operations
Software; Training; Subscribe to IPS Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS
SMS Service
Engineering & Design
Software; Training; Consultancy
Aeromagnetic Surveying
Subscribe to IPS; Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS SMS Services
Cathodic Protection
Subscribe to IPS; Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS SMS Services
Power Systems Protection
Subscribe to IPS; Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS SMS Services
HF Radio Systems
Geophysical
Satellite Operations
Relevant IPS Products & Services
Subscribe to IPS | Mailing List
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static added value products
USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/datasets.do
Data categories and Sets
Ex.Geomagnetic Indices
Sunspot number
Solar radio flux
Kp Index
Solar Data
Cosmic Ray Data
Geomagnetic Variations hourly
Ionospheric Data
Satellite Data
GOES—Geosynchronos Operational
Environmental
IMF-interplanetary Magnetic Field
Images
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Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static added value products
USA http://sec.noaa.gov/
User Groups
Navigation
To provide data on the state of the space environment that may affect the proper operation
of navigation systems.
Radio
To provide radio operators with current data on the state of the ionosphere.
Electric Power
To provide electrical utility users with easy access to space weather forecasts, data,
documentation and other resources.
Satellite Operators
Information for Satellite Operators.
Aurora
Tips on viewing the Aurora.
News Media
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Space Weather Information for the News Media.
Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe
Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community
Interactive and static added value products
USA http://sec.noaa.gov/ (continue)
User Groups
Radio
To provide radio operators with current data on the state of the ionosphere.
Real-time Displays:
•Today's Space Weather
•Space Weather Alerts
•D-Region Absorption Prediction
•STORM - Time Empirical Ionospheric Correction Model
•Auroral Activity - estimated from NOAA/POES satellite
Recent Space Environment Reports
•Current Space Weather Indices- today
•Daily Space Weather Indices - yesterday
•Report of Solar & Geophysical Activity
•Solar & Geophysical Activity Summary
•Latest Geophysical Alert Message - WWV
Broadcast Documentation
•IPS - Space Weather Conditions: Solar, Geophysical Satellite
(TEC)
Ionospheric Data Sets
•Daily data lists, Monthly data lists -- at SEC
•Hiraiso Solar-Terrestrial Research Center
•IPS - HF Propagation & Ionospheric Conditions
Summaries & Medium Range Forecasts
•Weekly Summary and 27-Day Forecast
•27-Day 10.7 cm, Ap, and Max Kp Outlook
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Techniques used by these organizations to
transmit the information to users
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•
Technical structure of the “user layer”
Platforms to deliver data (static, mobile...)
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Techniques used by these organizations to transmit the information to user
Platforms to deliver data
Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=7
Ionospheric Prediction Service
E-mail
SMS-services (only in Australia)
Ftp
Internet by http (Web-browser)
USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/alerts/register.html Space Environment Center
E-mail
Ftp
Internet by http (Web-browser)
Fax (Space weather alerts)
Pager (Space weather alerts)
Japan http://hirweb.crl.go.jp/index.html Space Environment Information Service
Recorded daily space environment forecast via telephone(in Japanese)
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Education of users regarding the need of this
type of products for operational applications
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Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications
Australia http://spidr2.ips.gov.au/spidr (Space Physics Interactive Data Resources)
Description of what SPIDR is and how data can be manipulated.
Explanation of the ionosphere, Ionospheric regions, ionograms and ionization.
IIWG (Ionospheric information Working Group) is described.
URSI (The International Union of Radio Science) Qualifying and Descriptive letters are explained.
All Ionospheric vertical incidence parameters are shown and described.
Good explanation of how the program works.
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Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications
Australia
http://www.ips.gov.au/Category/Educational/Other%20Topics/Radio%20Communication/Intro%20to%20HF%20Radio.pdf
Introduction to HF Radio Propagation
PDF-document where everything about radio communication is described.
Good descriptions and lots of images for better understanding.
http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=8&SecID=5&SecName=Other%20Topics&SubSecID=3&SubSecName=Radio%20Communication&LinkName=T%20Inde
x%20FAQ
T Index FAQ
Explanation of what T Index is and how it is used (necessary when using the prediction tools).
The Educational Service
IPS offers open access to articles by IPS staff on Space Weather, the Sun and Solar Activity,
the earth’s Magnetic Field, Space Debris and other topics.
A Glossary of Solar Terrestrial Terms is also available.
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Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications
USA
http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/Dynasonde
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/Dynasonde/whatis.htm
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/education/education.html
SPIDR has the same help window for all SPIDR organizations.
At the Dynasonde site there are explanations of what an ionosonde, ionograms, digital ionosonde,
digital ionograms and a dynasonde are. Clear information and easy to understand.
There is no information about ionosphere, ionograms etc at the Educational site.
Instead there are links to educational resources, for example Earth Magnetics.
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Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications
USA (continue)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/ionohome.html
http://www.sel.noaa.gov
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Education
At the ionosphere site there are information about the ionosphere, ionograms and ionosphere regions.
The information is the same as on http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/
Definitions and explanations of indices (R12, IF2, IG and T). http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/ionondcs.html
At the SEC (SEC Space Environment Center) you find PDF files about the ionosphere, the layers,
Ionospheric variability and Ionospheric 116scintillation.
You can also find information about radio waves, the ionosphere and
things that can affect different systems.
Nice site with lots of information, descriptions and explanations!
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Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications
Japan
http://www.nict.go.jp/overview/section/denziha_e.html
(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
http://www2.nict.go.jp/dk/c233-235/indexE.html
(Ionospheric Radio Propagation Group)
At nict overview site there is no link to any educational part.
At the Ionospheric Radio Propagation Group’s site there are lots of descriptions with pictures
about the ionosphere (formations, variations), ionograms (interpretation, how to read the data),
ionospheric space weather, effects on radio propagation.
Unfortunately most of the information is in Japanese!
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General description of the current situation in
Europe regarding some efforts made in the
past
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General description of the current situation in Europe regarding some efforts made in the past
European Ionosonde Stations
Station
System
Tromso/Norway
DPS-4
Tromso/Norway
Dynasonde
Lerwick/Great Britain
DPS-1
Juliusruh/Germany
DPS-4
Fairford/England
DISS
Slough/England
DGS-256
Chilton/England
DPS-1
Dourbes/Belgium
DGS-256
Pruhonice/Czech Republic DPS-4
CORIN/Paris/France
DPS-1
Rome/Italy
DPS-4
Rome/Italy
DGS-256
Station
System
Roquestes/Tortosa/Spain
San Vito/Italy
Athens/Greece
Athens/Greece
El Arenosillo/Spain
Warsaw/Poland
Lycksele/Sweden
Kiruna/Sweden
Uppsala/Sweden
Sodankylä/Finland
DGS-256
DISS
DGS-128
DPS-4
DGS-256
KOS
Dynasonde, Transpusonde
Transpusonde (now not available)
Transpusonde (now not reliable)
????
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Regional Warning Centre Warszawa
of the International Space Environment Service
http://www.cbk.waw.pl/rwc
ftp://www.cbk.waw.pl/pub/ftp/rwc/idce/
IDCE (ionospheric Despatch Centre in Europe) was established
in RWC Warsaw in 1997 as COST 251 initiative.
Ionospheric characteristics from 24 ISES’s VI stations are presented in graphical and
numerical form - prompt data, last 2 months, ionospheric characteristics forecast
24 hours ahead (at the base of our models published in Radio Sci), regional
ionospheric maps from the past (3 days) and 24 hours ahead. All maps are
constructed by means of PLES instantaneous mapping model (COST 251) while
forecasting is based on the all available in particular moment of time data for
one hour in advance according to fluently incoming data.
IDCE allows having convenient access to some recent ionospheric data from vertical
incidence sounders located mainly within European area as well as to data available in ISES network.
Data are available for the previous and current month. Data for the current month are presented from
the beginning of the month up to last measurements available. IDCE offers also the catalogues of
disturbed and quiet days, as well as the list of disturbed periods of few hours duration.
The catalogues contain data since January 1997.
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IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics http://www.irf.se/~ionogram
Sounding started during the 50th and a lot of ionograms are stored on film and paper. Since 1991 all
ionograms are created by an homemade digital ionosonde, transpusonde, and stored on disc. The year 2002
started a project to digitize some of the old ionograms and some programs written in Java was created for
digitizing and viewing the digitized pictures. The main idea was that in a fast and comfortable way look at the
Ionograms (pictures), but also interact with them to get parameter values. All these were ment to be possible
for ever!
For the ionograms from IRF’s TRANSPUSONDE:
http://www.irf.se/~ionogram/ionogram/javascaling/jonogram1990-2000FromNet.html
http://www.irf.se/~ionogram/ionogram/javascaling/viewScaled.html
Experiments with making sounds from ionosonde data have been done. Then the listening to the music was a
new access to the ionosphere.
http://www.irf.se/~ionogram/scaledMusicKi.mid
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European database for real-time and historical data
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in United Kingdom
http://www.wdc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/digisondes/cost_database.pl
Real-time and historical data from 11 European observatories.
The database provides all possible Ionospheric parameters derived
from the ionograms and electron density profile data in plot and ASCII format.
The database is continuously updated with real-time data that are transferred
automatically after each sounding.
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