Ionospheric Plasma Density and Drift Velocity at Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica, 2019

Antarctica's Jang Bogo Station is the location for this dataset of ionospheric plasma density and drift velocity measurements from 2019. The data was collected using a VIPIR instrument and is provided by the organization AMD_KOPRI. It appears to support a study of plasma-neutral interactions in the southern high-latitude ionosphere.

Use Cases

• Modeling ionospheric behavior based on plasma density and drift velocity measurements.
• Studying plasma-neutral interactions in the high-latitude ionosphere based on the described research focus.
• Analyzing space weather effects on the Antarctic ionosphere based on the measured parameters.
• Validating ionospheric physics models using ground-based observational data from a polar station.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a specific, named research station (Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica).
• Measurements are from a defined instrument (VIPIR).
• The dataset has a precise last update timestamp (2019-09 30 23:59:59.999).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2019-09-30 23:59:59.999; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

AMD_KOPRI via NASA Earthdata

Collection Method

Measured from VIPIR instrument at Jang Bogo Station.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2019-09-30 23:59:59.999; static dataset.

Geography

Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica