Abstract
The use of data is essential in the context of nowcasting, forecasting and warning of ionospheric propagation conditions, with roles to play in the development, evaluation and operation of models and services. Descriptions are given of three databases that have been established in the course of the COST 271 Action: a database of prompt ionospheric soundings, an extension to a database generat- ed by the EISCAT incoherent scatter radars, and a database intended to facilitate evaluation of TEC estimation methods. Each database includes some background information, a description of the con- tents and interface, and instructions as to how to gain access to it.
Highlights
The Memorandum of Understanding of the COST 271 Action and the terms of reference of Working Group 1 make clear the importance of data for the work of the Action in general and for the specific focus of the work package on nowcasting, forecasting and warning
This paper presents information on three databases developed as part of the COST 271 Action: Richard Stamper, Jean Lilensten and Norbert Jakowski
The database is located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), where it has been developed as an extension of the existing database system of theWorld Data Centre that archives vertical soundings from the ionosondes run by RAL at Chilton in the U.K. and Stanley in the Falkland Islands
Summary
The Memorandum of Understanding of the COST 271 Action and the terms of reference of Working Group 1 make clear the importance of data for the work of the Action in general and for the specific focus of the work package on nowcasting, forecasting and warning. There are commitments to collect additional and new ionospheric and plasmaspheric data for now-casting and forecasting purposes, and to establish a space-weather database consisting of both past and new measurements. Such commitments are clearly proper when one considers the roles that observational data play in the context of the investigations undertaken during the Action into the propagation environment and communication systems. – Prompt Ionospheric Soundings at RAL, Chilton; – EISCAT database extension at CDPP, Grenoble; – TEC Evaluation DAtabase at DLR, Neustrelitz Each of these databases makes access to a wide body of data available via a single source, and presents that data in standardised and readily comprehensible formats
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