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<PITHIA_Identifier>
<localID>Organisation_LGDC</localID>
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<version>1</version>
<creationDate>2022-02-03T12:50:00Z</creationDate>
<lastModificationDate>2022-02-03T12:50:00Z</lastModificationDate>
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</identifier>
<name>Lowell GIRO Data Center</name>
<contactInfo>
<CI_Contact xmlns="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd">
<phone>
<CI_Telephone><voice><gco:CharacterString>+1 978-934-4900</gco:CharacterString></voice> <!-- telephone -->
</CI_Telephone>
</phone>
<address>
<CI_Address>
<deliveryPoint><gco:CharacterString>600 Suffolk Street, Suite 315</gco:CharacterString></deliveryPoint> <!-- street name, number -->
<city><gco:CharacterString>Lowell</gco:CharacterString></city>
<administrativeArea><gco:CharacterString>MA</gco:CharacterString></administrativeArea>
<postalCode><gco:CharacterString>01854</gco:CharacterString></postalCode>
<country><gco:CharacterString>USA</gco:CharacterString></country>
<electronicMailAddress><gco:CharacterString>Ivan_Galkin@uml.edu</gco:CharacterString></electronicMailAddress>
</CI_Address>
</address>
<onlineResource><CI_OnlineResource><linkage><URL>http://giro.uml.edu</URL></linkage></CI_OnlineResource></onlineResource>
<hoursOfService><gco:CharacterString>9:00am-5:00pm</gco:CharacterString></hoursOfService>
<contactInstructions><gco:CharacterString>Contact by email or phone</gco:CharacterString></contactInstructions> <!-- Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual. -->
</CI_Contact>
</contactInfo>
<shortName>LGDC</shortName>
<description>
The Lowell GIDO Data Center is a research data infrastructure operated by the University of Massschusetts Lowell.
LGDC was established in 2002 with the first installation of the Digital Ionogram Database (DIDBase) and online
ionogram analysis software SAO Explorer. LGDC hosts Realistic ionosphere (RION) Instrument Project of UNOOSA
International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI). RION components operated by LGDC are (1) Global Ionosphere
Radio Observatory (GIRO) data respository; (2) IRI-based Real-Time Assimilative Model (IRTAM) for 3D
specification of subpeak ionospheric density and Global Assimilative Model of Bottomsite Ionosphere with
Topside extensions (GAMBIT) database and explorer; (3) TID Database and Explorer for nowcast of traveling
ionospheric disturbances (TIDs); (4) Skymapping for Local Ionospheric Tilt Evaluateion (Sky-LITE) subsystem for
wide-angle sensing of the ionospheric plasma structures, (5) skymap-derived bulk plasma drift velocity computation
and DriftBase repository; (6) Ray-Tracing through Realistic Ionosphere eXplorer (RayTRIX), an HF signal
raytracing through the ionospheric channel specified by IRTAM, Sky-LITE and TIDx subsystems of RION.
</description>
</Organisation>
