CEDAR email: Ionogram Scaling Tutorial and Hands-on Training Course At URSI AT-RASC 2024

[David Russel Themens]

Ionogram Scaling Tutorial and Hands-on Training Course
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This will be a one-day course with introductory and expert presentations, followed by two hands-on sessions for ionogram interpretation using SAO Explorer<https://ursi.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f58252d363b9daf7f790d06a5&id=0479dbefb1&e=37d93fb969> software tool.
The event is open for both entry-level and experienced scientists with interests in securing top-quality ionosphere specifications as the "ground truth" reference for a variety of comparative investigations. The number of seats is limited to 30 to ensure an interactive, efficient course environment.

The tutorial organizers provided the following description and agenda:
This full-day tutorial aims at introducing participants to interpreting ionograms and scaling various ionospheric characteristics from them. The intended audience comprises both early career scientists new to the field, as well as more experienced scientists who may be using ionosonde data and would like to better understand how it is processed. At the end of the day, participants will have a basic understanding of how to obtain the most important characteristics from ionograms. Participants will also gain an understanding of the difficulties and uncertainties associated with such data.

In the morning part, the basic rules for obtaining standard characteristics from quiet-time, undisturbed ionograms will be discussed. In the afternoon, the effects of sporadic layers, spread-F conditions, and various TID-induced distortions to the normal ionogram shapes will be covered. Both parts will include presentations as well as practical sessions during which participants will analyse some ionograms.

Participants are requested to bring their own laptop with SAO-Explorer installed (freely downloadable), for use during the practical part.
Tutorial Program (preliminary):

  *   Introduction to ionosphere and ionosondes (45′)
  *   Basic rules for scaling the most important characteristics (1:30′)
  *   Break
  *   Ionogram scaling tools (45′)
  *   Practical session 1: basic scaling (1 hour)
  *   Lunch break
  *   Most common disturbances and difficulties (1:30′)
  *   Break
  *   Practical session 2: disturbed cases (2 hours)

The AT-RASC 2024 conference venue:
[URSI AT-RASC 2024, Gran Canaria]
4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting - 2024 (Gran Canaria)
19-24 May 2024
Gran Canaria, Spain
Abstract submission deadline: 20 January 2024
https://www.atrasc.com/papersubmission.php

Students and Early Career Scientists: Every URSI Flagship meeting includes a Young Scientist Award and Student Paper Competition. They will receive free registration, and financial support for board and lodging at AT-RASC 2024. Limited funds will also be available as a contribution to the travel costs of young scientists from developing countries.
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