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<P align=center><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=+2>The Earth
Space 4-D; Visualizing the Ionosphere using <A
href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</A></FONT> <FONT
size=-1><SUP>©</SUP></FONT></P>
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<TH scope=col width="7%"><IMG height=76 alt=LWS
src="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/images/LWS_thumbnail.jpg"
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<TH scope=col width="93%"><FONT
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">NASA's Living With a Star
program provided support for the solar flare evolution data component and
visualization using the Google Earth platform.</FONT></TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Due to the dramatic
increase in demand for our visual demonstration of space weather affects
on the ionosphere, these free ES4D images - which are intended for
educational purposes - represent the ionosphere 3 hours prior to the
current time. Also note the images will require a manual refresh for
updated images.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please visit our <A
href="http://terra1.spacenvironment.net:8080/sol/SIP_Order_Form.html">secure
on-line store</A> for purchasing the Premier CAPS/ES4D application with
real-time capability (and which includes a number of other capabilities
for mission-critical operations) at a $14.95 US monthly or $119 yearly
rate. For additional information, please contact us at <A
href="mailto:spacenvironment@spacenvironment.net">spacenvironment@spacenvironment.net</A>.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Download and install the <A
href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</A></FONT> <FONT
size=-1><SUP>©</SUP></FONT> <FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">application</FONT><BR><BR>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Download one or more of
following ES4D KML files to your computer:</FONT><BR><BR>
<UL type=disc>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_ionops_FoF.kml">Recent
</A><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_ionops_Rad.kml">Radio
Availability</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_ionops_FoF.kml">Recent
</A><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_ionops_TEC.kml">Total
Electron Content</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_ionops_FoF.kml">Recent
</A><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_ionops_MUF.kml">Maximum
Useable Frequency</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_ionops_FoF.kml">Recent
foF2</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_TEC_anim_Ionops.kml">Earlier
24 hours TEC movie</A></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/kml_files/ES4D_MUF_anim_Ionops.kml">Earlier
24 hours MUF movie</A></FONT><BR><BR></LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Double-click or drag-drop the
files selected above onto the Google Earth application icon</FONT><BR><BR>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In Google Earth, select one or
more the desired views under Places</FONT><BR><BR>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Select optional Google Earth
Views:</FONT>
<UL type=disc>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weather in the Layers
sidebar</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Terrain in the Layers
sidebar</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Grid (lat/long) under View
Menu</FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Atmosphere under View
Menu</FONT><BR><BR></LI></UL>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Navigate using the zoom, tilt,
and rotate sliders in the upper right corner</FONT><BR><BR>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">View a movie of the past 24
hours using the time slider with 1 movie selected</FONT><BR><BR>
<LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">See <A
href="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/pubs/SpaceWeatherGoogleEarth.pdf">this
brief user guide </A>for additional information.</FONT><BR><BR></LI></OL><BR>
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 120px"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=-1>A typical display of ES4D within the Google Earth
application:</FONT><BR></DIV>
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face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BR><IMG alt="Google Space example"
src="http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~ionops/images/ES4D_ex2.jpg"></FONT></DIV><!-- #EndEditable --></BODY></HTML>