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ISIS 1 Topside Sounder Ionograms

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

These ionograms were digitized from the original ISIS-1 7-track analog telemetry tapes using the facilities of the former Data Evaluation Laboratory at the NASA/GSFC. This data restoration project is headed by Dr. R.F. Benson (NASA/GSFC). Ionograms were digitized at the rate of 40,000 16-bit samples/sec. This sample rate is higher than the Nyquist frequency of 30 kHz. The sample frequency of 40 kHz provides a measurement every 25 microseconds corresponding to an apparent range (c*t/2) interval of 3.75 km. Each ionogram consists of a fixed-frequency and and a swept-frequency portion. The time resolution between ionograms is typically 29 seconds.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher NASA Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) Data Services
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Heliophysics
Public Access Level public
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License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 0bdd091d67fb40dc9b7f60402a6e78c93722f6519f6005ee0a34f17eea150a66
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