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<SAORecord
FormatVersion="5.0"
StartTimeUTC="2026-03-21 -080 11:50:00.000"
URSICode="SAA0K"
StationName="SaoLuis"
GeoLatitude="-2.6"
GeoLongitude="315.8"
Source="Ionosonde"
SourceType="DPS-4"
ScalerType="auto">
<SystemInfo UMLStationID="903">
<FrequencyStepping StartFrequency="1.0" StopFrequency="18.0">
<LinearStepping Step="0.05" Units="MHz" />
</FrequencyStepping>
<RangeStepping StartRange="80.0" StopRange="1360.0" >
<LinearStepping Step="5.0" Units="km" />
</RangeStepping>
<AutoScaler Name="Artist5" Version="500200" ArtistFlags="1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "/>
<Comments>AR.5002.44 Confidence: 75% PACIFIC flags: Multiple candidates for F2o cusp, Unidentified traces above foF2</Comments>
<ContactPerson>
<Name>Dr. Mangalathayil Ali Abdu</Name>
<Affiliation>INPE, Division of Aeronomy</Affiliation>
<Address>Av dos Astronautas, 1.758 Jd. Granja - CEP: 12227-010 Sao Jose dos Campos - SP Brasil</Address>
<Email>maabdu@dae.inpe.br</Email>
</ContactPerson>
<StartTime Format="yyyy.MM.dd (DDD) HH:mm:ss" TimeZone="Coordinated Universal Time" >
2026.03.21 (080) 11:50:00</StartTime>
<SolarTerrestrialData>
<GyroFrequency Val="0.63" Model="IGRF 3.0" Altitude="300"/>
<DipAngle Val="-11.17" Model="IGRF 3.0" Altitude="300"/>
<DeclinationAngle Val="-19.74" Model="IGRF 3.0" Altitude="300"/>
<SunSpotNumber Val="-1.0" Status="predicted"/>
</SolarTerrestrialData>
<DigisondePreface Format="FF">
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</DigisondePreface>
</SystemInfo>
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<URSI ID="00" Val="9.850" Name="foF2" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="03" Val="2.987" Name="M(D)" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="07" Val="29.420" Name="MUF(D)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="42" Val="2.400" Name="fmin" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="80" Val="4.100" Name="fminF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="81" Val="2.400" Name="fminE" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="20" Val="3.160" Name="foE" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="51" Val="10.250" Name="fxI" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="16" Val="235.000" Name="h`F" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="04" Val="235.000" Name="h`F2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="24" Val="107.297" Name="h`E" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="90" Val="104.886" Name="hmE" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="83" Val="14.536" Name="yE" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="86" Val="0.300" Name="FF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="88" Val="9.750" Name="fMUF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="89" Val="415.000" Name="h`(fMUF)" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<Custom Name="dlt foF2" Val="0.000" Description="Adjustment to the scaled foF2 during profile inversion" Units="MHz" />
<Modeled Name="foEp" Val="2.977" Units="MHz" ModelName="CCIR-79" />
<URSI ID="61" Val="4.100" Name="f(h`F)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="60" Val="4.100" Name="f(h`F2)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<Modeled Name="foF1p" Val="4.162" Units="MHz" ModelName="IRI-90" />
<URSI ID="92" Val="296.487" Name="hmF2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="93" Val="231.894" Name="zhalfNm" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<Modeled Name="foF2p" Val="7.173" Units="MHz" ModelName="URSI-88" ModelOptions="NoStorm" />
<URSI ID="94" Val="78.791" Name="yF2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="71" Val="25.222" Name="TEC" Units="TECU" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="09" Val="45.876" Name="scale F2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="D0" Val="119.430" Name="B0" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="D1" Val="1.000" Name="B1" QL="/" DL="/" />
</CharacteristicList>
<TraceList Num="2">
<Trace Type="standard" Layer="F2" Polarization="O" Num="116">
<FrequencyList Type="float" Units="MHz" Description="Nominal Frequency" >
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</RangeList>
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</TraceValueList>
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</Trace>
<Trace Type="standard" Layer="E" Polarization="O" Num="16">
<FrequencyList Type="float" Units="MHz" Description="Nominal Frequency" >
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</FrequencyList>
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</RangeList>
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</TraceValueList>
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</Trace>
</TraceList>
<ProfileList Num="1">
<Profile  Algorithm="NH" AlgorithmVersion="4.33" Type="vertical" >
<Tabulated Num="176">
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</Tabulated>
<ShiftedChebyshevList Num="2" >
<ShiftedChebyshev Region="E" StartFrequency="0.2" EndFrequency="3.16" PeakHeight="104.886" Num="3" Error="4.201">
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</ShiftedChebyshev>
<ShiftedChebyshev Region="F2" StartFrequency="3.16" EndFrequency="9.85" PeakHeight="296.487" Num="5" zHalfNm="231.894" Error="3.012">
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</ShiftedChebyshev>
</ShiftedChebyshevList>
<ProfileValley Model="ULCAR" Width="9.96" Depth="0.129"/>
<TopsideChapman PeakHeight="296.487" PeakDensity="1203753.1" PeakScaleHeight="45.876" />
</Profile>
</ProfileList>
</SAORecord>
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