Dataset Information

startDate: 2011-03-02 10:00
created: 2011-03-02 10:29
tecUnits: TECU (10^16 electrons/m^2) x 10
latLonUnits: degrees x 10
source: Kalman filter data assimilation model using ground-based GPS data from CORS, RTIGS, GPS/MET
_FillValue: 0
eorIdentifier: 999
timeRange: 2011 Feb 03 2200 - 2215 UTC
cadence: 15 minutes
endDate: 2011-03-02 10:15
url: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ustec/, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/USTEC/
numStations: 79
Satellites_Used: 32,22,12,31,11,21,09,19,18,27,06,25,15,24,14,03
CONUS_MAX_LAT: 50.1
CONUS_MIN_LAT: 24.4
CONUS_MAX_LON: -124.6
CONUS_MIN_LON: -64.9
Conventions: CF-1.4
Metadata_Conventions: FGDC, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0
metadata_url: http://ngdc.noaa.gov/nmmrview/fgdc.jsp?id=gov.noaa.ngdc:G10009
id: gov.noaa.ngdc:G10009
title: US-Total Electron Content Product (USTEC)
summary: The US Total Electron Content (US-TEC) product is designed to specify TEC over the Continental US (CONUS) in near real-time. The product uses a Kalman Filter data assimilation model, described in the Technical Documentation. This technique is driven by data from ground-based Global Positioning System (GPS) dual frequency receivers. The primary data stream comes from the Maritime and Nationwide Differential GPS (M/NDGPS) real time network of stations operated by the US Coast Guard (USCG). As of January 2006, there were about 130 stations ingested into the model. This number has been gradually increasing and will be augmented by Federal Aviation Administration/Wide Area Augmentation System (FAA/WAAS) data, and new stations in areas with poor coverage. This product has evolved through a collaboration between the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and the Global Systems Division (GSD).
keywords: Earth Science > Sun-Earth Interactions > Ionosphere/Magnetosphere Particles, Earth Science > Sun-Earth Interactions > Solar Energetic Particle Properties > Total Electron Content, geoscientificInformation
keywords_vocabulary: NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords, ISO 19115 Topic Categories
comment: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ustec/docs/USTEC_Doc.html
creator_name: Rob Redmon
creator_email: ionosphere@noaa.gov
institution: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
project: The TEC and slant path maps can be used to estimate the GPS signal delay due to the ionospheric electron content between a receiver and a GPS satellite
license: ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: none, USE CONSTRAINTS: none, DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: None
publisher_name: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Rob Redmon
publisher_url: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ustec/text/, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/USTEC/, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/IONO/USTEC/products/, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ustec/all_tec_plots.html
publisher_email: ionosphere@noaa.gov
metadata_contact: Rob Redmon, DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
update_frequency: Daily
progress: In work
instrument: GPS
date_created: 20060401
date_issued: 20060401
geospatial_lat_min: 10
geospatial_lat_max: 60
geospatial_lon_min: -50
geospatial_lon_max: -150
time_coverage_start: 20041014
time_coverage_end: Present
verticalTEC_Count: 5151.0
verticalTEC_Minimum: 8.0
verticalTEC_Maximum: 52.70000076293945
verticalTEC_Mean: 17.332149099595643
verticalTEC_Standard_Deviation: 7.674331639193234
verticalTEC_Sum: 89277.9000120163
verticalTEC_Sum_of_Squares: 1850689.009765017
Unlimited_Dimension: Time


Variables in this Dataset

Latitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [Latitude = 0..50]
long_name: Latitude
units: degrees_north
valid_min: 10.00000000000000
valid_max: 60.00000000000000
Longitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [Longitude = 0..100]
long_name: Longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_min: -50.00000000000000
valid_max: -150.0000000000000
Time: Array of 32 bit Integers [Time = 0..0]
units: minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
standard_name: time
verticalTEC: Grid
long_name: Observations made from Vertical Total Electron Content
verticalTEC: Array of 32 bit Reals [Time = 0..0][Latitude = 0..50][Longitude = 0..100]
long_name: Observations made from Vertical Total Electron Content
Time: Array of 32 bit Integers [Time = 0..0]
units: minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
standard_name: time
Latitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [Latitude = 0..50]
long_name: Latitude
units: degrees_north
valid_min: 10.00000000000000
valid_max: 60.00000000000000
Longitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [Longitude = 0..100]
long_name: Longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_min: -50.00000000000000
valid_max: -150.0000000000000