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DIGISONDE-4D
SYSTEM MANUAL
VERSION 1.2.11
3-2 SECTION 3 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER 2 _ BASIC OPERATION OF DCART ...................................................................... 3-35
BASIC PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................................ 3-35
Normal and Advanced Modes of DCART Interface ............................................................................. 3-35
DCART Screen Layout ........................................................................................................................ 3-36
DCART Color Concept ........................................................................................................................ 3-37
Autonomous and Manual Digisonde
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Operations ............................................................................... 3-37
PROGSCHED Management................................................................................................................ 3-39
Active and Edited PROGSCHED .................................................................................................... 3-39
PROGSCHED Activation................................................................................................................. 3-41
Offline PROGSCHED editing .......................................................................................................... 3-42
REAL-TIME DATA VISUALIZATION ....................................................................................................... 3-43
DCART Processing Chain ................................................................................................................... 3-44
Real-time Display of Time-Domain Data (Steps 1-4 of Processing Chain) .................................... 3-44
Real-time Display of Doppler Spectra (Step 5 of Processing Chain) .............................................. 3-47
Waterfall Presentation of the Drift Data ........................................................................................... 3-50
Real-Time Display of Ionograms (Step 6 of Processing Chain)...................................................... 3-50
Detailed echogram presentation display ......................................................................................... 3-51
Aggregative echogram presentation display ................................................................................... 3-52
Real-Time Display of BIT Results ................................................................................................... 3-53
OFFLINE DATA VISUALIZATION ........................................................................................................... 3-54
AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS OF DIGISONDE-4D ............................................................................. 3-54
Basic Schedule Editing with DCART ................................................................................................... 3-54
Advanced Schedule Editing with DCART ............................................................................................ 3-57
Programming SSTs with Planning Rules and Campaign Requests .................................................... 3-57
Planning Rules ................................................................................................................................ 3-58
Campaign Requests ........................................................................................................................ 3-61
Real-Time Display of Schedule Progression in SST Editor ................................................................. 3-61
MANUAL OPERATIONS OF DIGISONDE-4D ........................................................................................ 3-62
CHAPTER 3 _ DIGISONDE-4D PROGRAMMING RECOMMENDATIONS .............................. 3-64
QUALITY CONTROL OF PROGSCHED DEFINITIONS ......................................................................... 3-64
VALID PROGRAMS UNSUITABLE FOR SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS .................................................. 3-64
VALID PROGRAMS WITH POTENTIAL PROBLEMS ............................................................................ 3-64
VALID PROGRAMS SUBOPTIMAL FOR SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS ................................................. 3-65
Ionogram measurement ....................................................................................................................... 3-65
Drift measurement ............................................................................................................................... 3-66
VALID SCHEDULES SUBOPTIMAL FOR SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS ................................................ 3-66
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIGISONDE
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OPERATIONS ................................................. 3-67
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