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GPS Total Electron Content (TEC) 15-min data

ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/IGS/GPS_Receiver/TEC/PT15M

Description

This date set contains total electron content (TEC) and global ionospheric maps estimated every 15 minutes by the International GNSS Service (IGS) Analysis Centre. IGS uses the averages of 4 methods, including CODE (U Bern Switzerland), ESA (ESOC Darmstadt Germany), JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab. in Pasadena USA), and UPC (U Politec. Catalonia Barcelona Spain). The data set contains rapid TEC global maps and movies of TEC (10^16 m-2) in cylindrical projection; rapid RMS maps and errors of TEC in cylindrical projection; and rapid TEC maps and movies in polar projection. Continuous coverage is not guaranteed.

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Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available SPASE metadata descriptions

Version:2.7.1

NumericalData

ResourceID
spase://NASA/NumericalData/IGS/GPS_Receiver/TEC/PT15M
NamingAuthority
NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
GPS Total Electron Content (TEC) 15-min data
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:29:32Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2021-04-27 15:38:11Z
Note
Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2025-12-04 13:29:32Z
Note
Added MetadataRightsList and RightsList(s). Added ResourceType and NamingAuthority. Updated to 2.7.1. Changed http to https in top-level schemaLocation attribute. Fixed version number separator in top-level schemaLocation attribute. ZCB
Description

This date set contains total electron content (TEC) and global ionospheric maps estimated every 15 minutes by the International GNSS Service (IGS) Analysis Centre. IGS uses the averages of 4 methods, including CODE (U Bern Switzerland), ESA (ESOC Darmstadt Germany), JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab. in Pasadena USA), and UPC (U Politec. Catalonia Barcelona Spain). The data set contains rapid TEC global maps and movies of TEC (10^16 m-2) in cylindrical projection; rapid RMS maps and errors of TEC in cylindrical projection; and rapid TEC maps and movies in polar projection. Continuous coverage is not guaranteed.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.GeneralContactspase://SMWG/Person/Dieter.K.Bilitza
PriorIDs
spase://JAXA/NumericalData/IGS/GPS_Receiver/TEC/PT15M
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/IGS/GPS_Receiver/TEC/PT15M
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers)
URL
ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/gps/tec15min_igs/
Description

In CDF via ftp from SPDF

AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/gps/tec15min_igs/
Description

In CDF via HTTP from SPDF

Format
CDF
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
CDAWeb
URL
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eval2.cgi?dataset=GPS_TEC15MIN_IGS&index=sp_phys
ProductKey
GPS_TEC15MIN_IGS
Description

GPS Total Electron Content (TEC) 15-min data with subset, plot, list functionalities.
from CDAWeb

Format
Text
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
RightsIdentifierScheme
SPDX
RightsIdentifier
CC0-1.0
RightsURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
RightsName
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Note
CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
CDAWeb HAPI Server
URL
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/hapi
Style
HAPI
ProductKey
GPS_TEC15MIN_IGS
Description

Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface.

Format
CSV
ProviderProcessingLevel
CALIBRATED
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/IGS/GPS_Receiver
MeasurementType
ThermalPlasma
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2010-04-10 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P14D
Note
Data are presently current within a few weeks
Cadence
PT15M
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere