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<SAORecord
FormatVersion="5.0"
StartTimeUTC="2026-03-27 -086 03:30:00.000"
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="2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 "/>
<Comments>AR.5002.44 Confidence: 20% PACIFIC flags: F2x cusp not found, Multiple candidates for F2x cusp, Multiple candidates for F2o cusp, One of F2 cusps was derived from the other, Unidentified traces above foF2, Trace overlaps while constructing baseline</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" >
2026.03.27 (086) 03:30:00</StartTime>
<SolarTerrestrialData>
<GyroFrequency Val="0.63" Model="IGRF 3.0" Altitude="300"/>
<DipAngle Val="-11.18" 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>
<CharacteristicList Num="25" >
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<URSI ID="03" Val="3.869" Name="M(D)" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="07" Val="34.242" Name="MUF(D)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="42" Val="2.700" Name="fmin" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="80" Val="2.700" Name="fminF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="51" Val="9.500" Name="fxI" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="16" Val="220.000" Name="h`F" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="04" Val="220.000" Name="h`F2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="90" Val="110.000" Name="hmE" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="83" Val="20.000" Name="yE" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="86" Val="0.400" Name="FF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="88" Val="8.750" Name="fMUF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="89" Val="267.043" 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="0.354" Units="MHz" ModelName="CCIR-79" />
<URSI ID="61" Val="3.150" Name="f(h`F)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="60" Val="3.150" Name="f(h`F2)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="92" Val="239.647" Name="hmF2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="93" Val="222.862" Name="zhalfNm" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<Modeled Name="foF2p" Val="5.469" Units="MHz" ModelName="URSI-88" ModelOptions="NoStorm" />
<URSI ID="94" Val="24.618" Name="yF2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="71" Val="5.200" Name="TEC" Units="TECU" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="09" Val="12.539" Name="scale F2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="D0" Val="24.620" Name="B0" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="D1" Val="1.950" Name="B1" QL="/" DL="/" />
</CharacteristicList>
<TraceList Num="1">
<Trace Type="standard" Layer="F2" Polarization="O" Num="124">
<FrequencyList Type="float" Units="MHz" Description="Nominal Frequency" >
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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="69">
<AltitudeList Type="float" Units="km" Description="Altitude above station level" >
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<ProfileValueList Name="PlasmaFrequency" Type="float" Units="MHz" Description="Plasma frequency" >
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</Tabulated>
<ShiftedChebyshevList Num="2" >
<ShiftedChebyshev Region="E" StartFrequency="0.2" EndFrequency="0.354" PeakHeight="110.0" Num="3" Error="0.0">
-18.791 2.435 -0.142
</ShiftedChebyshev>
<ShiftedChebyshev Region="F2" StartFrequency="0.354" EndFrequency="8.85" PeakHeight="239.647" Num="5" zHalfNm="222.862" Error="1.506">
-52.068 -1.687 1.432 -0.783 0.459
</ShiftedChebyshev>
</ShiftedChebyshevList>
<ProfileValley Model="ULCAR" Width="77.0" Depth="0.154"/>
<TopsideChapman PeakHeight="239.647" PeakDensity="971743.2" PeakScaleHeight="12.539" />
</Profile>
</ProfileList>
</SAORecord>
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