Davis Ionogram
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Numerical Data Product: Australian Space Weather Services Davis Ionogram
- Resource ID
- spase://ASWS/NumericalData/Ionogram/Dav_Ionogram
- Name
- Australian Space Weather Services Davis Ionogram
- Alternate name
- Description
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Ionograms are an image of frequency versus time delay (virtual height) of HF echoes from the ionosphere recorded by an ionosonde. An ionosonde is a swept frequency HF pulsed radar used to monitor the ionosphere. SWS WDC has archived ionogram data from 30 stations, 12 of them are still active at present. An Lowell Digisonde-Portable-Sounder-4D (DPS4D) has been sounding since 18/12/2001 at Davis. The Lowell vertical sounding ionosondes normally sweep in frequency from about 0.5 to 30 MHz. Frequency step is selectable to 1kHz. The step interval is variable, becoming more coarse at higher frequencies as ionograms are generally displayed on a logarithmic scale. Every ten minutes, a Ionogram data file is recorded, cleaned and the cleaned ionogram is transfered to SWS Sydney head office for autoscaling and further analysis. The raw ionogram file is recorded in a DVD monthly, which will be posted to Sydney SWS head office every month. During 02/06/1994 to 06/01/2000, Davis also had an IPS 4D ionosonde, and during 07/02/2000 to 01/12/2001, an IPS 5D ionosonde. After about 22.5 years services, the Lowell ionosonde has been offline after 11/04/2024. The WDC archives all raw ionogram files and cleaned ionogram files. The Davis digital clean ionogram data is available since 01/08/1994, and digital raw ionogram data since 02/06/1994. The Davis scaled hourly ionospheric data include parameters of foF2, foF1, FoE, foEs, fbEs, fmin, fxl, f'scaling F/s, M(3000)F2, h'F2, h'F, h'E, h'Es, h'Scaling R/S and Type Es. They are avalable since 01/01/1985. The Davis median data of foF2 and M(3000)F2 are available since 03/1985.
- Additional information
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- World Data Centre: Data Display and Download: Hourly Ionospheirc Data
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includes browse display interface, button to get yearly data file and link to data availability chart
- Language
- en
- World Data Centre: Data Display and Download: Monthly Median Ionospheirc Data
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includes browse display interface, button to get the median data file and link to data availability chart
- Language
- en
- Documentation
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includes descriptions of data format of raw ionogram data and clean ionogram data
- Language
- en
- Software
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Softwares to view clean ionogram data with scaling function
- Language
- en
- Real Time Display
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Online viewer of Real Time clean ionogram data
- Language
- en
- Acknowledgement
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We are thankful to the Australian Antarctica Division for the sounding of ionogram in the Davis station.
- Contact
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Role Person 1. General contact spase://SMWG/Person/Kehe.Wang 2. Metadata contact spase://SMWG/Person/Kehe.Wang - Release date
- 2016-06-21 17:00:00
- Repository
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- Name
- spase://SMWG/Repository/SWS
- Availability
- Online
- Access rights
- Open
- URL
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- FTP access to raw and clean ionogram data
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FTP access to the raw and clean ionogram data of Davis IPS 4D (dav4d), and IPS 5D (dav5d) ionosondes and Lowell ionosonde (davis)
- Language
- en
- Format
- Binary
- Encoding
- None
- Acknowledgement
- Provider processing level
- The original ionogram data are raw data, they are then cleaned by reducing noise signals at the station. The manually scaled data is calibrated and the autoscaled data is uncalibrated.
- Instrument
- spase://ASWS/Instrument/Ground/Davis/Ionosonde
- Measurement type
- Active waves
- Temporal description
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- Start date
- 1985-01-01 00:00:00
- Relative stop date
- 1 day ago
- Note
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The earliest hourly ionospheric data since 01/01/1985. Digital clean ionogram data are current to within a day.
- Spectral range
- RadioFrequency
- Observed regions
- Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere
- Caveats
- Keywords
- Hourly ionospheric data
- Ionogram
- Ionosphere
- Ionospheric data
- Median ionospheric data
- Scaled parameters
Parameters
Parameter #1
- Name
- Frequency
- Description
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Frequencies used to sonde ionopshere
- Caveats
- Cadence
- 10 minutes
- Units
- MHz
- Wave type
- Electromagnetic
- Quantity
- Frequency
- Qualifier
- Directional
- Group
- Frequency range
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- Spectral range
- RadioFrequency
- Low frequency
- 0.5
- High frequency
- 30.0
- Units
- MHz
Parameter #2
- Name
- Virtual Height
- Description
-
The apparent height of an ionospheric layer deduced from the time delay of a reflected radio pulse upon the assumption that it travelled at the speed of light over its entire path. However, the radio wave actually slows down as it is refracted so that the virtual height is greater than the true height of the refracting layer. Lowell DPS4D height range is 0-1200KM ( 0 KM used for self-calibration).
- Caveats
- Cadence
- 10 minutes
- Units
- Km
- Valid minimum
- 0.0
- Valid maximum
- 1200
- Quantity
- Other