ASWFC Ionosonde Network

The following table summarises the ASWFC ionosonde network. For more information about a particular station, please use the station name link.

Stations are ordered by geographic latitude. See the key below the table for an explanation of abbreviations and symbols used.

Key

In the table above, the following symbols and abbreviations are used.

• A plus sign after a station name indicates that as well as one or more ionosondes, the station hosts other instruments.
• Lat and Long are the geographic latitude and longitude of the station.
• The Ionosonde column indicates all the ionosondes models that have operated at the station. The still active ones (if any) are highlighted and preceded by an asterisk.
• URSI is the International Union of Radio Science.
• The ID column identifies the station by another ASWFC internal number.
• The Agent column identifies the organisations operating the station and uses these abbreviations:
  • AAD - Australian Antarctic Division
  • DSTO - Defence Science and Technology Organisation
  • GA - Geoscience Australia
  • ASWFC (IPS) - Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre
  • Niue Met - Niue Island Meteorological Service
  • U Aukland - University of Aukland, New Zealand
  • U Canterbury - University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • U PNG - University of Papua New Guinea
  • USAF - United States Air Force
• The Media column identifies all the media types that have been used to record ionograms at the station:
  • 16 - 16mm film records
  • 35 - 35mm film records
  • D - digital records (used now at all active stations)
  • P - paper scaling records