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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Ionogram Scaling Tutorial and Hands-on Training Course</span></h2>
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<div style="text-align: center; line-height: 21px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">This will be a one-day course with introductory and expert presentations, followed by two hands-on sessions
for ionogram interpretation using </span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);"><a href="https://ursi.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f58252d363b9daf7f790d06a5&id=0479dbefb1&e=37d93fb969" target="_blank" id="OWA4c910677-9a8e-5f20-756b-5bc02a2ab1e2" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(109, 198, 221);" data-loopstyle="linkonly">SAO
Explorer</a></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;"> software tool.</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 22.5px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400;">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.<br>
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The tutorial organizers provided the following description and agenda:</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 21px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Participants are requested to bring their own laptop with SAO-Explorer installed (freely downloadable), for use during the practical part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Tutorial Program (preliminary):</span></h3>
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<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Introduction to ionosphere and ionosondes (45′)</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Basic rules for scaling the most important characteristics (1:30′)</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Break</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Ionogram scaling tools (45′)</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Practical session 1: basic scaling (1 hour)</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Lunch break</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Most common disturbances and difficulties (1:30′)</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Break</span></li><li style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; align-self: center; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">
<span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Practical session 2: disturbed cases (2 hours)</span></li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: center; line-height: 21px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">The AT-RASC 2024 conference venue:</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; line-height: 27px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 400;">4th URSI Atlantic Radio Science Meeting - 2024 (Gran Canaria)</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center; line-height: 21px;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;">19-24 May 2024<br>
Gran Canaria, Spain<br>
</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><b>Abstract submission deadline: 20 January 2024<br>
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(109, 198, 221);"><a href="https://www.atrasc.com/papersubmission.php" target="_blank" id="OWA806c457a-94fa-4ebc-a49c-a8fc7a86411f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(109, 198, 221);">https://www.atrasc.com/<wbr>papersubmission.php</a></span></div>
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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.</span></div>
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