The New AIS-INGV Ionosonde at Italian Antarctic Observatory

The Italian Ionospheric Antarctic Observatory of Terra Nova Bay (74.70S, 164.11E) was recently equipped with the AIS-INGV ionosonde developed at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome, (Italy). This paper aims to describe briefly
which are the main characteristics of the instrument and show the good quality and reliability of the recorded ionograms.

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