1. 1 State of the Art WP2 Christer Jurén Maria Winnebäck Swedish Institute of Space Physics October 26th 2004

2. 2 Summary Report 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.

3. 3 Overview of the work completed/launched 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

4. 4 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… General IPS information IPS’s HF… Ljiljana Cander, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Information about sounding in China Information about sounding in China Jens Mielich, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics Iwona Stanislawska, Space Research Center Warsaw

5. 5 Departures from the work schedule Collection of requested information has been minimized in favour of studies of general Ionospheric physics useful for DIAS 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.

6. 6 Plans for the next phase 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.

7. 7 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)

8. 8 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe

9. 9 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.

10. 10 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.

11. 11 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.

12. 12 Organizations involved in the generation of digital information Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe

13. 13 All over the world All over the world (continue) WDC, World Data Centre WDC, World Data Centre http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/ 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 real- time 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information

14. 14 Australia IPS (Ionospheric Prediction Service) http://www.ips.gov.auIPS (Ionospheric Prediction Servicehttp://www.ips.gov.au Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information Who is IPS? 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.

15. 15 Australia Australia (continue) SPIDR (Space Physics Interactive Data Resources) http://spidr2.ips.gov.au/spidrhttp://spidr2.ips.gov.au/spidr Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information 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.

16. 16 USA SPIDRhttp://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidrhttp://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr “Dynasonde”http://ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/Dynasondehttp://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 Centerhttp://www.sec.noaa.gov/http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ Fusion Numericshttp://www.fusionnumerics.com/http://www.fusionnumerics.com/ Fusion Numerics’ Ionospheric Portal http://63.231.68.133/ionosphere/DesktopDefault.aspx http://63.231.68.133/ionosphere/DesktopDefault.aspx GAIM (Global Assimilative Ionospheric Model) http://iono.jpl.nasa.gov/gaim/intro.html http://iono.jpl.nasa.gov/gaim/intro.html Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information

17. 17 USA UMass Lowell Center for Atmospheric Research http://ulcar.uml.edu/index.htmlhttp://ulcar.uml.edu/index.html Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information 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 http://ulcar.uml.edu/slist.htm

18. 18 USA Space Environment Centerhttp://www.sec.noaa.gov/http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information 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.

19. 19 USA Commercial Space Weather Service Providers http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Vendors/commercial.html Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information Some HF communication and Navigation service companies - Solar Terrestrial Dispatchhttp://www.spacew.com/http://www.spacew.com/ - Northwest Research Associateshttp://www.nwra-az.com/nwra_spawx.htmlhttp://www.nwra-az.com/nwra_spawx.html - Space Environment Technologies Company Information http://www.spacewx.com/

20. 20 USA Fusion Numerics, has an architecture similar to DIAS! http://www.fusionnumerics.com/ http://www.fusionnumerics.com/ Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information

21. 21 Russia SPIDRhttp://clust1.wdcb.ru/spidrhttp://clust1.wdcb.ru/spidr Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information

22. 22 South Africa SPIDRhttp://spidr.ru.ac.za/spidrhttp://spidr.ru.ac.za/spidr Hermann Ohlthaver Institute for Aeronomyhttp://phlinux.ru.ac.za/hoia/http://phlinux.ru.ac.za/hoia/ South African Ionospheric Centerhttp://ionosond.ru.ac.za/http://ionosond.ru.ac.za/ Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information

23. 23 South Africa Hermann Ohlthaver Institute for Aeronomyhttp://phlinux.ru.ac.za/hoia/http://phlinux.ru.ac.za/hoia/ Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information 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.

24. 24 South Africa South African Ionospheric Centerhttp://ionosond.ru.ac.za/http://ionosond.ru.ac.za/ Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information 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.Hermanus Magnetic ObservatoryDepartment of Physics and ElectronicsRhodes University The South African Ionospheric Data Center provides available data and ionograms from 3 stations in South Africa. To access the data permission is required.

25. 25 Japan SPIDR http://gedas22.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/spidrhttp://gedas22.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/spidr ISDJ (Ionospheric Sounding Data in Japan) http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html NIC (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information

26. 26 Japan ISDJ (Ionospheric Sounding Data in Japan) http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information Independent Administrative Institution National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Applied Research and Standards Division Ionosphere and Radio Propagation Group

27. 27 Japan NIC (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information Space Environment Information Service

28. 28 China SPIDRhttp://spidr.sepc.ac.cn/spidrhttp://spidr.sepc.ac.cn/spidr Wuhanhttp://digisonde.whcnc.ac.cn/http://digisonde.whcnc.ac.cn/ None of the above could be reached! Some information about soundings in China here! Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Organizations involved in the generation of digital information

29. 29 Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content (raw data and products)

30. 30 Types of Ionospheric stations providing data AustraliaIonosondes (Own constructions, CADI?) Digisondes USA Ionosondes (CADI…) Digisondes Dynasondes JapanIonosondes GPS instrumentations are used by all of them! Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content Raw data

31. 31 Networking of Ionospheric stations AustraliaIPS’s ionosondes and military ionosondes. USAOnly 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content Raw data

32. 32 Collection of raw data from Ionospheric stations AustraliaAll type of parameters some even in SAO format. USAAll parameters in SAO format, both dynasonde and digisonde. e.g. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/Dynasonde/archive/slides/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! Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content Raw data

33. 33 Architecture of systems with operation similar to DIAS AustraliaGuest login and registered user login. USAGuest login and registered user login. JapanNo login to get data and ionograms except for access via SPIDR. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content Products

34. 34 Australia http://www.ips.gov.au IRI-90 Ionospheric Model http://www.ips.gov.au (for near real-time ionospheric total electron content (TEC) map) Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content Products Models using to generate added value products

35. 35 USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr Ionospheric Models [info] [info] General Model Electric Convection Field Models International Reference Ionosphere[ info, ftp, run] Polar Cap Potential Drop Model[info]infoftpruninfo Electron Density Models Volland Electric Field Model[info]info Chiu Ionospheric Model[info, ftp] Heelis Electric Convection Field Model [info] Bent Ionospheric Model[info] Utah Electric Convection Field Model[info]infoftpinfo Penn State Mk III Model[info] IZMIRAN Electrodynamic Model (IZMEM)[info, link]info link SLIM Model[info] Millstone Hill Electric Field Model[info]info FAIM Model[info] Heppner-Maynard-Rich Electric Field Model[info, ftp]info ftp F2-Peak Models and Applications CCIR foF2 and M(3000)F2 Model Maps[info]info URSI foF2 Model Maps[info]info ISS-b foF2 Maps[info]info MINIMUF/QSTMUF Model[info]info IONCAP Model[info]info WBMOD Ionospheric Scintillation Model[info, link]infolink Electron Temperature Models Density Dependent Electron Temperature Model[info]info AEROS Electron Temperature Model[info]info AE/ISIS Electron Temperature Models[info]info Ion Composition and Drift Models DY Ion Composition Model[info]info ISR Ion Drift Model[info, ftp]infoftp St. Santin Ion Drift Model[info]info Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content Products Models using to generate added value products

36. 36 Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html !No models could be found! Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Techniques used by these organizations to generate the digital content Products Models using to generate added value products

37. 37 Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community

38. 38 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/ http://www.ips.gov.au/ fmin, M(3000)F2, foE, h’E, foEs, fbEs, h’Es, foF1, h’F, foF2, fxI, h’F2 USA USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/ 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 Japan http://wdc-c2.nict.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Types of Ionospheric parameters

39. 39 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/ 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data

40. 40 USA USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr 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 3 monthsNGDClatest 3 monthsNGDC hmF2, M(D), D, h'F, yF2, fMUF, h,' fxI, foF1, foE, hmE, foEs, fbEs, ITEChourly Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data

41. 41 Japan Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Resolution, availability of real-time and historical data

42. 42 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of Ionospheric parameters

43. 43 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters

44. 44 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters

45. 45 World Data Centre, Australia World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 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). Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters Data Catalogue ·Ionosonde Data From all Australian ionospheric stationsIonosonde Data ·Riometer Data For the Australian Antarctic stations from 1987 to 2003Riometer Data ·Spectrograph Data From the station of CalgooraSpectrograph Data ·GPS Data From the stations of Vanimo and Port MoresbyGPS Data

46. 46 World Data Centre, Australia World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue) http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters 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.

47. 47 World Data Centre, Australia World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue) http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters 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.

48. 48 World Data Centre, Australia World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue) http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters 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.

49. 49 World Data Centre, Australia World Data Centre, Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue) http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters 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.

50. 50 USA USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/ 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) Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters

51. 51 USA USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr 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). Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters

52. 52 Japan Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters

53. 53 Japan Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html Factor values provided from Ionograms, indicated with HTML format or booklet format (graphic file). Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters HTML formatBooklet format

54. 54 Japan Japan http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html (continue) http://ionet-us.crl.go.jp/ISDJ/index-E.html Factor values provided from Ionograms, indicated with booklet format (graphic file). Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static: ionograms, time plots of ionospheric parameters

55. 55 Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=2 Space Weather Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

56. 56 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=3 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

57. 57 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=5 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=5 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

58. 58 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=5 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=5 Solar (continue) 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

59. 59 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems Overview of HF-related Products and Services Australasia HAP (Hourly Area Prediction) Charts Hourly HAP Charts (Updates every 60 minutes) Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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.

60. 60 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems Australasia HAP (Hourly Area Prediction) Charts Daily HAP Charts (Updates every 24 hours) Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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)

61. 61 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems Australasia HF Conditions Current foF2 Plots Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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).

62. 62 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Australasia HF Conditions Ionospheric Summary and Forecast Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

63. 63 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Australasia HF Conditions Maximum Usable Frequency Report Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

64. 64 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) 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. Canberra Sydney Auckland Sydney Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

65. 65 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Australasia HF Conditions Hourly LAMP (Local Area Mobile Predictions) Charts Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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.

66. 66 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Australasia HF Conditions Recent Days LAMP Charts Possibility to choose from 5 stations in Australian region. Data available from the last 30 days. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

67. 67 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Australasia (continue) T Index "equivalent sunspot number" T Index Map = Real-time Ionospheric foF2 map Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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.

68. 68 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Australasia (continue) T Index T Index Plot Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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.

69. 69 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Asia HAP Charts Hourly HAP Charts Daily HAP Charts Ionospheric foF2 Map - Japan Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

70. 70 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

71. 71 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) North America HAP Charts Hourly HAP Charts Daily HAP Charts HAP Chart with Auroral Oval Superimposed T Index Ionospheric foF2 Map Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

72. 72 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) North Atlantic Hourly HAP Charts (Athens, Paris, New York, Azores, Reykjavik) Ionospheric Map Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

73. 73 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Global HF HF Conditions Global Propagation Propagation now, updates every 60 minutes. Propagation summary, updates every 24 hours. Propagation forecast, updates every 24 hours. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

74. 74 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

75. 75 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

76. 76 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

77. 77 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

78. 78 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Online Tools GRAFEX Prediction Results Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

79. 79 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) Online Tools Prediction from ionospheric map (Aust/NZ and North Atlantic only) Results: Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

80. 80 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 HF Systems (continue) 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

81. 81 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=3 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=3 Map example TEC (Total Electron Content) conditions over Europe Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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.

82. 82 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 Forecast exampelHF 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

83. 83 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 Products & Services 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

84. 84 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 Products & Services 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 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts 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

85. 85 USA USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data Alerts and forecasts Title Read meUpdateLatestOlder As Conditions Warrant SEC Space Weather Alerts; watches, warnings, alerts, and summariesSpace Weather Alerts when issued web pageweb page text and timeline, or FTP file FTP file from September 2001 Space Weather Advisory Bulletinwhen issuedlatest6 months Daily or less 3-hourly WWV Geophysical Alert Message3 hourslatest75 days Solar and Geophysical Activity Report and 3-day Forecastafter 2200UTC web pageweb page, or FTP fileFTP file 75 days 3-day Space Weather Predictionsafter 2200UTClatest75 days 45-day Ap and 10.7cm Forecastafter 2114UTClatest20 days USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

86. 86 USA USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html (continue) http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html Alerts and forecasts Title Read meUpdateLatestOlder Weekly Weekly Highlights and 27-day ForecastTuesdaylatestfrom 1997 27-day 10cm, Ap, and Max Kp OutlookTuesdaylatestfrom 1997 Space Weather Advisory OutlookTuesdaylatest6 months Monthly Solar Cycle Prediction: sunspot number1st week of month web page,web page, table, graphtable, graph no Solar Cycle Prediction: 10cm radio flux1st week of month web page,web page, table, graphtable, graph no Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

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88. 88 USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html (continue) http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html Reports and Summaries Title Read meUpdateLatestOlderArchive Daily or less Solar and Geophysical Activity Report and 3-day Forecast after 2200UTC web pageweb page, or FTP file FTP file 75 daysfrom 1996 Solar Region Summary after 0030UTC latest75 daysfrom 1996 Solar and Geophysical Activity Summary after 0245UTC latest75 daysfrom 1996 Daily Summary of Space Weather Observations after 0200UTC latest75 daysno GEOALERT after 0330UTC latest75 daysfrom 1996 Weekly Weekly Highlights and 27-day ForecastTuesdaylatestfrom 1997 "The Weekly" - Preliminary Report and Forecast of Solar Geophysical Data Tuesdaylatestfrom 1997 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

89. 89 USA USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html (continue) http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html Reports and Summaries Title Read meUpdateLatestOlderArchive Monthly Solar Cycle - ISES Solar Cycle AP Progression 1st week of month latestno Longer Solar Proton Events Affecting the Earth Environmentas needed2003from 1976 Solar Cycle 23 ProjectSolar Cycle 23 Project - November 1996-- Summary of Panel FindingsSummary of Panel Findings - September 1997-- SEC Forecast Verificationyearly2002from 1986 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

90. 90 USA USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html (continue) http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html Indices Title Read meUpdateLatestOlderArchive Daily Space Weather Values---10cm solar radio flux; SWO sunspot number, area, and new regions; Stanford solar mean field; GOES x- ray 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 hourlytodaytoday, yesterdayyesterday75 daysNGDC A indices and K indices--from the U.S. Geological Survey Stations3 hours2 days, 7 daysfrom 1999NGDC Daily Geomagnetic Data--Fredericksburg, College, and est. Planetary A&K indices 3 hours30 days30 days, quarterquarterfrom 1994NGDC Daily Particle Data--GOES proton and electron fluence, neutron monitor % of background 0230UTC30 days, quarterfrom 1994NGDC 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 0230UTC30 days30 days, quarterquarterfrom 1994NGDC SOLAR2000 E10.7 (EUV) Index2300UTC latest plotlatest plot, latest data latest data SET Recent Solar Indices of Observed Monthly Mean Values-- observed and smoothed sunspot number, 10cm solar radio flux, and Ap 1st week of month latestfrom 1991NGDC Solar Cycle Progression--sunspot number, 10cm solar radio flux, and Ap 1st week of month solar cycleno Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

91. 91 USA USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html (continue) http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html Measurements Real-time Displays and Plots Read meUpdateLatestOlderArchive "Space Weather Now"5 mindynamicno "Today's Space Weather"5 mindynamicno GOES X-ray Flux 1-min data1 mindynamicnoNGDC Satellite Environment Plot5 mindynamicdynamic, latestlatestfrom 2000NGDC GOES X-ray Flux 5-min data5 mindynamicdynamic, latestlatestsince 2000NGDC GOES Magnetometer1 mindynamicdynamic, latestlatestfrom 2000NGDC GOES Proton Flux5 mindynamicdynamic, latestlatestfrom 2000NGDC GOES ElectronFlux5 mindynamicdynamic, latestlatestfrom 2000NGDC Estimated Planetary Kp15 mindynamicdynamic, latestlatestfrom 2000NGDC 7-day plots of x-ray, proton, electron, GOES magnetometer, and est. Kp in PDF format Tuesdaylatestfrom 1997 Boulder Magnetometer and K-indices1 mindynamicno Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

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93. 93 USA USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data http://www.sel.noaa.gov/Data USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html (continue) http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Data/alldata.html ASCII Text Lists Read meUpdateLatestOlderArchive Boulder-NOAA Magnetometer1 minlatest30 daysno GOES X-ray Flux 1-min data1 minlatest15 daysNGDC GOES X-ray Flux 5-min data5 minlatest45 daysNGDC ACE RTSW MAG, EPAM, SWEPAM, SIS: 1- or 5-min data *1 or 5 minlatest30 daysASC ACE RTSW MAG, EPAM, SWEPAM, SIS: Hourly averages *hourlylatestfrom 1999ASC Predicted ACE Satellite Locationsdailytodayfrom 1999ASC Ionospheric parameters - foF2, hmF2, M(D), D, h'F, yF2, fMUF, h,' fxI, foF1, foE, hmE, foEs, fbEs, ITEC hourlylatest3 monthsNGDC GOES Energetic Integral Protons and Electrons5 minlatest45 daysNGDC GOES Differential Proton Channels5 minlatest45 daysNGDC GOES Magnetometer1 minlatest15 daysNGDC Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

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95. 95 USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts Space Weather Alerts Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts Graphical TimelinesPast 7 days Currently in EffectPast 7 daysCurrently in Effect Text FormatCurrent month Previous monthCurrent monthPrevious month Archive: Graphical Timelines and Text Format from 2001Archive Space Weather Alerts via anonymous FTP serveranonymous FTP server Table of Space Weather Alerts

96. 96 USA USA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts (continue) http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts 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 reportsSolar Event Reports Radio Burst Event Reports and Solar Radio Flux ListsRadio Burst Event ReportsSolar Radio Flux Lists Solar Proton Events Dynamic Plots Solar X-ray Flux: 6-hour (1-min data), 3-day (5-min data)6-hour3-day D-Region Absorption Prediction Boulder-NOAA Magnetometer k-indices and sudden impulsesBoulder-NOAA Magnetometer GOES Magnetometer GOES Electron >2 MeV integral flux GOES Proton >10 MeV and >100 MeV integral flux Solar Images and Maps SXI Latest Images, MoviesSXI Latest ImagesMovies Solar Image Sites Recent solar image with region number annotations*Recent solar image with region number annotations Map of Active Solar Regions**Map of Active Solar Regions Forecast -- SEC Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity and 3-day PredictionsSEC Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity and 3-day Predictions 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

97. 97 Japan Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp Solar-Terrestrial ISES (International Space Environment Service) Alert and Forecasts, data only within the last three months GeoalertEx: RWC Tokyo WWA/RWC Boulder ForecastEx: 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

98. 98 Japan Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

99. 99 Japan Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp Interplanetary Real-time Solar Wind Plot (1 day) Plot Archive (every 1 day) since 1998 Sector and Corotation Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

100. 100 Japan Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

101. 101 Japan Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp Forecast exampleHF 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

102. 102 Japan Japan http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp http://hiraiso.crl.go.jp GeoAlertsexampleRWC 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Added-value products Maps, forecasts and alerts

103. 103 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static added value products

104. 104 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 (continue) http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=9 Following information for all stations: Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static added value products

105. 105 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 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 Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6

106. 106 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=6 Products & Services Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static added-value products 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 OperationRelevant IPS Products & Services HF Radio Systems OperationsSoftware; Training; Subscribe to IPS Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS SMS Service Engineering & DesignSoftware; Training; Consultancy Geophysical Aeromagnetic SurveyingSubscribe to IPS; Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS SMS Services Cathodic ProtectionSubscribe to IPS; Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS SMS Services Power Systems ProtectionSubscribe to IPS; Mailing List; Subscribe to IPS SMS Services Satellite OperationsSubscribe to IPS | Mailing List

107. 107 USA USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/datasets.do 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 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static added value products

108. 108 Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static added value products USA USA http://sec.noaa.gov/ 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 Satellite Operators Information for Satellite Operators. Aurora Tips on viewing the Aurora. News Media News Media Space Weather Information for the News Media.

109. 109 USA USA http://sec.noaa.gov/ (continue) http://sec.noaa.gov/ User Groups Radio To provide radio operators with current data on the state of the ionosphere. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Products delivered in the scientific, commercial and industrial community Interactive and static added value products Real-time Displays: Today's Space WeatherSpace Weather Space Weather Alerts D-Region Absorption Prediction STORM - Time Empirical Ionospheric Correction ModelSTORM Auroral Activity - estimated from NOAA/POES satelliteAuroral Activity Recent Space Environment Reports Current Space Weather Indices- todayCurrent Space Weather Indices Daily Space Weather Indices - yesterdayDaily Space Weather Indices Report of Solar & Geophysical Activity Solar & Geophysical Activity Summary Latest Geophysical Alert Message - WWV Broadcast DocumentationLatest Geophysical Alert Message - WWV BroadcastDocumentation IPS - Space Weather Conditions: Solar, Geophysical Satellite (TEC)IPS - Space Weather Conditions: Solar, Geophysical Satellite (TEC) Ionospheric Data Sets Daily data lists, Monthly data lists -- at SECDaily data listsMonthly data lists 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

110. 110 Techniques used by these organizations to transmit the information to users Technical structure of the “user layer” Platforms to deliver data (static, mobile...)

111. 111 Australia Australia http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=7 Ionospheric Prediction Service http://www.ips.gov.au/Main.php?CatID=7 E-mail SMS-services (only in Australia) Ftp Internet by http (Web-browser) USA USA http://www.sel.noaa.gov/alerts/register.html Space Environment Center http://www.sel.noaa.gov/alerts/register.html E-mail Ftp Internet by http (Web-browser) Fax (Space weather alerts) Pager (Space weather alerts) Japan Japan http://hirweb.crl.go.jp/index.html Space Environment Information Service http://hirweb.crl.go.jp/index.html Recorded daily space environment forecast via telephone(in Japanese) Techniques used by these organizations to transmit the information to user Platforms to deliver data

112. 112 Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications

113. 113 Australia Australia http://spidr2.ips.gov.au/spidr (Space Physics Interactive Data Resources) http://spidr2.ips.gov.au/spidr 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications

114. 114 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications

115. 115 USA USA http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr/ 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. Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications

116. 116 USA USA (continue)http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/ionohome.htmlhttp://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/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 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! Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications

117. 117 Japan Japan http://www.nict.go.jp/overview/section/denziha_e.html 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! Activities similar to DIAS outside Europe Education of users regarding the need of this type of products for operational applications

118. 118 General description of the current situation in Europe regarding some efforts made in the past

119. 119 European Ionosonde Stations General description of the current situation in Europe regarding some efforts made in the past StationSystem Tromso/NorwayDPS-4 Tromso/NorwayDynasonde Lerwick/Great BritainDPS-1 Juliusruh/GermanyDPS-4 Fairford/EnglandDISS Slough/EnglandDGS-256 Chilton/EnglandDPS-1 Dourbes/BelgiumDGS-256 Pruhonice/Czech RepublicDPS-4 CORIN/Paris/FranceDPS-1 Rome/ItalyDPS-4 Rome/ItalyDGS-256 StationSystem Roquestes/Tortosa/SpainDGS-256 San Vito/ItalyDISS Athens/GreeceDGS-128 Athens/GreeceDPS-4 El Arenosillo/SpainDGS-256 Warsaw/PolandKOS Lycksele/SwedenDynasonde, Transpusonde Kiruna/SwedenTranspusonde (now not available) Uppsala/Sweden Transpusonde (now not reliable) Sodankylä/Finland????

120. 120 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. General description of the current situation in Europe regarding some efforts made in the past

121. 121 IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics http://www.irf.se/~ionogram 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 General description of the current situation in Europe regarding some efforts made in the past

122. 122 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. General description of the current situation in Europe regarding some efforts made in the past