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Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Daily Ionosphere Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) Grid Fluctuation Product from NASA CDDIS

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

This derived product set consists of Global Navigation Satellite System a Ionosphere Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) fluctuation measurement product (daily files) from the NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS). GNSS provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. GNSS data sets from ground receivers at the CDDIS consist primarily of the data from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS). Since 2011, the CDDIS GNSS archive includes data from other GNSS (Europe’s Galileo, China’s Beidou, Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System/QZSS, the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System/IRNSS, and worldwide Satellite Based Augmentation Systems/SBASs), which are similar to the U.S. GPS in terms of the satellite constellation, orbits, and signal structure. GNSS observations from a global network can be utilized for atmospheric measurements. Analysis Centers (ACs) of the International GNSS Service (IGS) retrieve GNSS data on regular schedules to produce independently computed VTEC maps. These fluctuations in TEC consists of a rate of TEC change index (ROTI) maps which are constructed with the grid of 2 degrees by 2 degrees resolution as a function of the magnetic local time and corrected magnetic latitude. GNSS data are used to determine ROTI maps, the standard deviation of rate of TEC change over a specified time span; ROTI can be used to describe irregularities in the ionosphere.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher CDDIS
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/GNSS/GNSS_IGSIONOFLUXTEC_001
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Object Id b625a0f3-3777-445e-9804-d6376c7291c6
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Old Spatial {"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180},"CARTESIAN"
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 281f9e2c5d8e69fe7ec25bc6c01e0f04aed151de435a390dfa59ad348e2020bf
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2014-01-01/2026-03-30

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