Ionospheric observation in Japan

Introduction

The ionosphere surrounding the earth is closely related to our daily life, because it greatly affects propagation of radiowaves for broadcast and telecommunications, or it degrades positioning accuracy of GPS.

Ionospheric Working Group aims to develop a monitoring system of the earth's ionosphere, and to provide ionospheric observation data and early warnings of ionospheric disturbances.
For this purpose, we conduct following operations and researches.

Latest Ionosonde Observations

  • Wakkanai(Hokkaido)
  • Kokubunji(Tokyo)
  • Yamagawa(Kagoshima)
  • Ogimi(Okinawa)