Argentina


Argentine Institutions supporting GRAPE:

  • GESA Group of the UNLP, La Plata
  • ICATE - CONICET, San Juan
  • Instituto Antártico Argentino/Dirección Nacional del Antártico (IAA/DNA), Buenos Aires
  • Ionospheric Laboratory of the UNT, Tucuman

Observations


Instituto Antártico Argentino/Dirección Nacional del Antártico performs:

  • Belgrano II Base, Nunatak Bertrab (bahia Vashel), costa Confin (Tierra de Coats) (77°51'S 34°33'W)
    Measurements: Ionospheric vertical sounding, Cosmic noise for ionospheric absorption, relative magnetic field components and absolute magnetic measurements.
    Instrumentation
    Ionosonde: Ionospheric sonde IPS42 Mca. KEL Aerospace
    Magnetometers: magnetometer EDA Fluxgate, Protonic Precesion Magnetometer
    Riometer: Riometro La Jolla Science sintonized to 30Mhz.
  • San Martin Base, Islote Barry - islote San Martin (caleta Sanaviron, paso Mottet), islotes Debenham (bahia Margarita, costa Fallieres), (68°08'S 67°06'W)
    Measurements: Ionospheric vertical sounding, Cosmic noise for ionospheric absorption, relative magnetic field components measurements.
    Instrumentation:
    Ionosonde: Ionospheric sonde IPS42 Mca. KEL Aerospace
    Magnetometers: magnetometer EDA Fluxgate, Protonic Precesion Magnetometer
    Riometer: Riometro La Jolla Science sintonized to 30Mhz
For the use of the Antarctic Data base, please contact diegogidna.gov.ar