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<namedRegion xlink:href="https://metadata.pithia.eu/ontology/2.2/featureOfInterest/Earth_Ionosphere_E-Region"/>
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<creationDate>2022-02-28T15:00:00Z</creationDate>
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<name>Ionosonde: Digital Ionogram DataBase (DIDBase), autoscaled records</name>
<description>Digital Ionogram Database (DIDBase) collection contains vertical-incidence ionogram
measurements and ionogram-derived information acquired by Global Ionosphere Radio
Observatory (GIRO), https://giro.uml.edu, a network of ionosondes (high-frequency
remote sensing sounders). Ionosondes detect echoes of the probing signal of varying
frequency that correspond to reflections of the vertically transmitted signal from
various locations in the ionosphere illuminated by the signal. Resulting image of
the signal strength as function of the operating frequency and the time of flight
is called ionogram. When viewed in the ionogram frame, signal echoes form traces
that correspond to different plasma layers in the ionosphere. Interpretation of the
ionograms allows derivation and computation of actionable numerical information for
subsequent use in a variety of applied and research cases.</description>
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<linkage>
<gmd:URL>https://giro.uml.edu/didbase/</gmd:URL>
</linkage>
<name>DIDBase Ionogram Image Portal</name>
<protocol>HTTPS</protocol>
<description>The DIDBase WebPortal is a landing page for browsing and display of ionogram images.
IMPORTANT: Each image shows the best available scaling, which can be manually scaled record if available.
The scaler information is shown at the bottom of the left column of scaled data values.
To analyze only autoscaled evaluated data, use SAO Explorer (see instructions in the SAO Explorer tab).
</description>
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<name>SAO Explorer application for DIDBase ionograms</name>
<protocol>HTTPS</protocol>
<description>
The SAO Explorer installation and documentation page.
SAO Explorer is the main visualization and editing tool for ionogram and ionogram-derived data in DIDBase.
IMPORTANT: SAO Explorer retrieves the whole set of scaling record per each ionogram.
Should numerical or display product be produced by SAO-Explorer, the best available scaling is selected, which is manually scaled if available.
To retrieve only autoscaling scaling data for analaysis, in the View menu, select Options submenu, and in the "Export" tab, check off
the "Use currently selected scaler (human or ARTIST) for all export operations".
Then select the relevant ARTIST scaling in the main SAO Explorer window, using the scaler drop-down menu left of the Measurement Time drop-down menu.
</description>
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<linkage>
<gmd:URL>https://giro.uml.edu/didbase/scaled.php</gmd:URL>
</linkage>
<name>FastChar</name>
<protocol>HTTPS</protocol>
<description>
FastChar is a landing page for the LGDC servlet to retrieve numerical ionogram-derived data in DIDBase, formatted as a plain-text tabulation
IMPORTANT: FastChar shows the best available scaling data, which is manually scaled if available.
To use only autoscaled data for analysis, use SAO Explorer (see instructions in the SAO Explorer tab).
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