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FormatVersion="5.0"
StartTimeUTC="2026-10-13 -286 08:00:00.000"
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 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 "/>
<Comments>AR.5002.44 Confidence: 45% PACIFIC flags: Severe F-spread, F2x cusp not found, Multiple candidates for F2o cusp, One of F2 cusps was derived from the other, 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" >
2026.10.13 (286) 08:00:00</StartTime>
<SolarTerrestrialData>
<GyroFrequency Val="0.63" Model="IGRF 3.0" Altitude="300"/>
<DipAngle Val="-11.39" 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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<URSI ID="03" Val="3.456" Name="M(D)" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="07" Val="19.870" Name="MUF(D)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="42" Val="5.200" Name="fmin" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="80" Val="5.200" Name="fminF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="51" Val="6.450" Name="fxI" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="16" Val="295.000" Name="h`F" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="04" Val="295.000" 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="5.550" Name="fMUF" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="89" Val="310.140" Name="h`(fMUF)" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<Modeled Name="foEp" Val="0.446" Units="MHz" ModelName="CCIR-79" />
<URSI ID="61" Val="5.200" Name="f(h`F)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="60" Val="5.200" Name="f(h`F2)" Units="MHz" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="92" Val="286.418" Name="hmF2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="93" Val="248.190" Name="zhalfNm" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<Modeled Name="foF2p" Val="3.882" Units="MHz" ModelName="URSI-88" ModelOptions="NoStorm" />
<URSI ID="94" Val="54.610" Name="yF2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="71" Val="5.049" Name="TEC" Units="TECU" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="09" Val="29.695" Name="scale F2" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="D0" Val="48.100" Name="B0" Units="km" QL="/" DL="/" />
<URSI ID="D1" Val="3.390" Name="B1" QL="/" DL="/" />
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<TraceList Num="1">
<Trace Type="standard" Layer="F2" Polarization="O" Num="12">
<FrequencyList Type="float" Units="MHz" Description="Nominal Frequency" >
5.2 5.25 5.3 5.35 5.4 5.45 5.5 5.55 5.6 5.65 5.7 5.75
</FrequencyList>
<RangeList Type="float" Units="km" Description="Group Range" >
295.000 297.500 300.000 302.500 305.000 305.000 307.500 310.140 314.408 322.488 343.595 540.321
</RangeList>
<TraceValueList Name="Amplitude" Type="integer" Units="dB" NoValue="0" Description="Relative Amplitude" >
0 0 0 78 78 69 78 84 78 69 0 57
</TraceValueList>
<TraceValueList Name="DopplerShift" Type="float" Units="Hz" NoValue="99.0" Description="Doppler Frequency Shift" >
0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 0.390625 -0.390625 0.390625
</TraceValueList>
</Trace>
</TraceList>
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<Profile  Algorithm="NH" AlgorithmVersion="4.33" Type="vertical" >
<Tabulated Num="117">
<AltitudeList Type="float" Units="km" Description="Altitude above station level" >
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</AltitudeList>
<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="0.446" PeakHeight="110.0" Num="3" Error="0.0">
-21.304 3.71 -0.299
</ShiftedChebyshev>
<ShiftedChebyshev Region="F2" StartFrequency="0.446" EndFrequency="5.75" PeakHeight="286.418" Num="5" zHalfNm="248.19" Error="4.602">
-97.926 15.18 -9.808 4.852 -2.702
</ShiftedChebyshev>
</ShiftedChebyshevList>
<ProfileValley Model="ULCAR" Width="86.014" Depth="0.246"/>
<TopsideChapman PeakHeight="286.418" PeakDensity="410204.72" PeakScaleHeight="29.695" />
</Profile>
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