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    • TIMED GUVI L2B Electron Density Profiles

    Metadata Updated: November 14, 2025

    The Level-2 Electron Density Profiles data product contains F-region electron density as a function of altitude and latitude derived from the GUVI limb data. Summaries of estimated peak electron density and total electron content are also given as Level 3 products. The profiles are derived from the 135.6-nm channel of the GUVI limb data. The 135.6-nm emission at night is due almost exclusively to recombination of O+ ions. Since O+ is the primary ion in the F region, the 135.6-nm volume emission rate is closely related to the square of the electron density. Details of the procedure of producing the electron densities are given in: DeMajistre, R., L.J. Paxton, D. Morrison, J-H. Yee, L.P. Goncherenko and A.B. Christensen, Retrievals of nighttime electron density from Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere and Dynamics (TIMED) mission Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) Measurements, J. Geophys Res., 109, A05305, doi:10.1029/2003JA010296.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 14, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 14, 2025
    Publisher JHU/APL TIMED/GUVI Payload Operations Center;TIMED/GUVI POC;NASA Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) Coordinated Data Analysis Web (CDAWeb) Data Services
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    Identifier https://doi.org/10.48322/pzbn-gq12
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-10
    Category Heliophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.48322/pzbn-gq12
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 72f2e196518eaa45bcba8a34ac6b1b913ee34f1ed0b6a09f02cb257af280609e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2002-03-22/2007-12-11

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