Lowell GIRO Data Center (LGDC)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

and the list of contact persons for publications
involving LGDC data resources

Release date: January 27, 2016, Last updated: February 16, 2021 (Work in Progress 🔨)

Preamble

Please read and follow Rules of the Road for all LGDC data resources.

STATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT

USSF SSC NEXION Network

  • Al Dhafra AFB, UAE
  • Alpena, USA
  • Ascension Island
  • Awase, Japan
  • Eareckson, USA
  • Eglin AFB, USA
  • Eielson AFB, USA
  • Faiford, Englan
  • Guam, USA
  • Kirtland AFB, USA
  • Lajes Terceira Is, Portugal
  • Learmonth, Australia
  • Lualualei, USA
  • Misawa, Japan
  • San Vito, Italy
  • Thule, Greenland
  • Vandenberg AFB, USA
  • Wake Island, USA
 "This paper uses ionospheric data from the USSF SSC NEXION Digisonde network, the NEXION Program Manager is Annette Parsons"

WSMR Campaign, January 2014

  • Kirtland AFB, USA
  • Munyo, USA
  • Cherry, USA
  • Squirt, USA
 "This product contains or makes use of IARPA data from the HFGeo program. The IARPA Program Manager is Dr. Torreon Creekmore."

AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate

  • Qaanaq, Greenland
 "This publication makes use of data from the Qaanaaq ionosonde, owned by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate and supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The author(s) thank Svend Erik Ascanius of the Danish Meteorological Institute for its operation."
  • Station Nord, Greenland
 "This publication makes use of data from the Station Nord ionosonde, owned by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate and supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The author(s) thank the staff of Station Nord and Denmark's Arctic Command for its operation."

INPE Network

  • Belem, Brazil
  • Boa Vista, Brazil
  • Cachimbo, Brazil
  • Campo Grande, Brazil
  • Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
  • Fortaleza, Brazil
  • Sao Luis, Brazil

Contact Dr. Inez S. Batista at inez.batista(at)inpe.br for publications involving data from the INPE Digisonde Network.

Acknowledgement should read: "Data from the Brazilian Ionosonde network is made available through the EMBRACE program from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE)"

South African Network

  • Grahamstown
  • Madimbo
  • Louisvale
  • Hermanus

Contact for network is Dr John Bosco Habarulema, jhabarulema(at)sansa.org.za

Contact for Data Access is Kate Niemantinga, dap(at)sansa.org.za

Acknowledgement should read: "Data from the South African Ionosonde network is made available through the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), who are acknowledged for facilitating and coordinating the continued availability of data."

Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

  • Irkutsk
  • Norilsk
  • Yakutsk
  • Zhigansk

Contact for Irkutsk and Norilsk observatories is Dr. Konstantin Ratovsky, ratovsky(at)iszf.irk.ru

Contact for Zhigansk and Yakutsk observatories is Dr. Alexander Stepanov, a_e_stepanov(at)ikfia.ysn.ru

Acknowledgement should read: "Data from the SB RAS digisonde network (Co-PIs: Alexander Stepanov and Konstantin Ratovsky) are made available through the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, acknowledged for the instruments' operation and data availability."

Observatory of Ebre

  • Roquetes, Spain
 Any use of data from the Observatory of Ebre (Roquetes, Spain) ionosonde in research leading to a publication of any form must be informed to the contact person (Dr. David Altadill at david_altadill(at)obsebre.es ) and must be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" section of the said publication with the following text:
"This publication uses data from the ionospheric observatory in Roquetes, Spain, owned and operated by the Fundació Observatori de l'Ebre".
A copy of the publication should be sent to the contact person of the Roquetes ionosonde.

Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics - Field Station Juliusruh

  • Juliusruh, Germany
 "This paper uses data from the Juliusruh Ionosonde which is owned by the Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics Kuehlungsborn. The responsible Operations Manager is Jens Mielich."

Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI)

  • Dourbes, Belgium

Any use of data from the Dourbes ionosonde in research leading to a publication of any form must be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" section of the said publication with the following text:

"This publication uses data from the ionospheric observatory in Dourbes, owned and operated by the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) of Belgium." A copy of the publication should be sent to the contact person for the Dourbes ionosonde.

IGGCAS space environment observation chain

  • Mohe, China
  • Beijing, China
  • Wuhan, China
  • Sanya, China

"This publication makes use of data from Ionosonde stations, owned by Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences ( IGGCAS ) and supported in part by Solar-Terrestrial Environment Research Network of CAS and Meridian Project of China."

The Contact person in IGGCAS is Dr. Baiqi Ning (Email: nbq@mail.iggcas.ac.cn)

Tromsø Geophysical Observatory

  • Tromsø, Norway

The Tromsø Digisonde (TR169) is owned and operated by Tromsø Geophysical Observatory at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. PI is Njål Gulbrandsen (njal.gulbrandsen (at) uit.no). Usage of data from the digisonde should be acknowledged with the text below. Substantial use of the data, or if the data are crucial to scientific findings, an offer of co-authorship should be considered.

Acknowledgement should read: "We thank Tromsø Geophysical Observatory at UiT the Arctic University of Norway (PI Njål Gulbrandsen) for operating and providing data from the Tromsø digisonde (TR169).

University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)

  • Gakona, Alaska

Acknowledgement should read: "This publication makes use of data from the Gakona Digisonde (GA762), owned by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and supported in part by the National Science Foundation. The author(s) thank the staff of the Subauroral Geophysical Observatory and the UAF Geophysical Institute for its operation."