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Arequipa

16.5 S,71.5 W
FPI Tn, Ux, Uy, 630 nm brightness J. Meriwether, Clemson U.
john.meriwether@ces.clemson.edu
all sky imager 630, 557.7, 777.4 nm 2-D brightness M. Mendillo, Boston U.
mendillo@bu.edu
Ancon scintillation drift receiver zonal plasma drifts, S4, UHF spectrum, L-band spectrum Sa. Basu, AFRL
santimay@aol.com
C. Valladares, Boston College
cesar@dlws7.bc.edu
GPS receiver TEC, S4
Jicamarca

12 S, 77 W
Incoherent Scatter Radar
Ne, Te, Ti, H+
Vx, Vz, Power
D. Hysell, Clemson U
daveh@vlasov.phys.clemson.edu
E. Kudeki, U. Illinois
erhan@uiuc.edu
JULIA coherent scatter radar Vx, Vz, power D. Hysell, Clemson U.
daveh@vlasov.phys.clemson.edu
Digisonde Ne, Vx, Vy T. Bullett, AFRL
bullett@plh.af.mil
Taltal/Antofagasto/
Carmen Alto
all sky imager 630 nm column brightness E. Weber, AFRL
webere@zircon.plh.af.mil
Digisonde Ne, Vx, Vy T. Bullett, AFRL
bullett@plh.af.mil
GPS receiver TEC, S4 Sa. Basu, AFRL
santimay@aol.com
C. Valladares, Boston College
cesar@dlws7.bc.edu
scintillation drift receiver zonal plasma drifts, S4, UHF spectrum, L-band spectrum
FPI Tn, Ux, Uy, 630 nm brightness R. Niciejewski, U. Michigan
niciejew@umich.edu
Tucuman all sky imager 630, 557.7, 777.4 nm 2-D brightness M. Mendillo, Boston U.
mendillo@bu.edu
various
(Arequipa, Bogota, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Koutou, La Plata, Santiago)
GPS (JPL/IGS) network TEC and phase fluctuations J. Aarons, Boston U.
aarons@buasta.bu.edu


Acronyms

AFRL Air Force Research Lab at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts
ISR Incoherent Scatter Radar
FPI Fabry-Perot Interferometer
GPS Global Positioning System
S4 scintillation index
Te electron temperature
TEC total electron content
Ti ion temperature
Tn neutral temperature
Ux neutral zonal wind (east-west, positive to east)
Uy neutral meridional wind (north-south, positive to north)
Vx zonal ion drift (east-west)
Vy meridional ion drift (north-south)
Vz vertical ion drift


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