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Nowcasting MUF map centered on Catania
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Nowcasting map of Maximum Usable Frequency (MUF) and skip distance centered on Catania over an area extending in latitude from 34° N to 48° N and in longitude from 5° W to 20° E, which includes the whole Italian territory. Nowcasting map is generated every 15 minutes exploiting foF2 and M(3000)F2 data autoscaled at the ionospheric stations of Rome (41.8°N, 12.5°E) and Gibilmanna (37.6°N, 14.0°E). Nowcasting maps constitute a powerful tool because they let High Frequency (HF) users know in near real-time the radio propagation conditions. This turns out to be very valuable in terms of reliable radio links, especially in case of adverse space weather events.

References
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Dataset summary
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.. list-table::

  * - **internal_name:**
    - ingv_ncmuf_catania_tableset
  * - **publisher:**
    - INGV
  * - **alph_code:**
    - 28F
  * - **id_tmp:**
    - 28
  * - **short_name:**
    - NCMUFCatania
  * - **identifier:**
    - aspis://ingv/ncmuf_catania_tableset
  * - **dynamic:**
    - The map is a nowcasting map, generated every 15 minutes.
  * - **size:**
    - 1MB
  * - **format:**
    - png,dat
  * - **type:**
    - tableset
  * - **records_number:**
    - 192
  * - **time_start:**
    - 2017-09-07
  * - **time_stop:**
    - 2017-09-08
  * - **spatial:**
    - IONO
  * - **messenger:**
    - electrons - the maps are strictly connected with the electron density of the ionosphere
  * - **spectral_min:**
    - 
  * - **spectral_max:**
    - 
  * - **spectral_units:**
    - 
  * - **observable:**
    - 
  * - **latest update:**
    - 2024-03-28 05:08:13

Columns specification
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.. list-table:: 
   :widths: 7 20 15 10 48
   :align: right 
   :header-rows: 1

   * - progr
     - column
     - units
     - type
     - description
   * - 1
     - time
     - UTC
     - datetime
     - time of sounding
   * - 2
     - Lat
     - deg
     - float
     - latitude
   * - 3
     - Long
     - deg
     - float
     - longitude
   * - 4
     - site
     - char
     - char
     - site name
   * - 5
     - data_name
     - char
     - char
     - dataset filename
   * - 6
     - prew_name
     - char
     - char
     - image filename
   * - 7
     - thumb_name
     - char
     - char
     - thumbnail filename
