Long Term MUF maps centered on Cagliari

Long Term maps of Maximum Usable Frequency (MUF) and skip distance centered on Cagliari over an area extending in latitude from 34° N to 48° N and in longitude from 5° W to 20° E, which includes the whole Italian territory. Long term maps are 24, one for each hour of the month, valid for the whole month, and are calculated on the basis of the predicted 12-months smoothed sunspots number.

References

Dataset summary

internal_name:	ingv_ltmuf_cagliari_tableset
publisher:	INGV
alph_code:	28A
id_tmp:	63
short_name:	LTMUFCagliari
identifier:	aspis://ingv/ltmuf_cagliari_tableset
dynamic:	The Data bulk size refers to the size of one map. The number of maps will be 24, one for each hour of the day, valid for the whole month. The first day of a new month a new collection of 24 maps will be calculated.
size:	1MB
format:	dat,png
type:	image
records_number:	48
time_start:	2017-09-07
time_stop:	2017-09-08
spatial:	IONO
messenger:	electrons - the maps are strictly connected with the electron density of the ionosphere
spectral_min:	0
spectral_max:	0
spectral_units:
observable:	{TEC}
latest update:	2024-03-28 05:08:10

Columns specification

progr	column	units	type	description
1	time	UTC	datetime	time of sounding
2	Lat	deg	float	latitude
3	Long	deg	float	longitude
4	site	char	char	site name
5	data_name	char	char	dataset filename
6	prew_name	char	char	image filename
7	thumb_name	char	char