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Earth Space 4-D; Visualizing the Ionosphere using Google Earth ^©

1. Download and install the Google Earth ^© application
   
   
2. Download one or more of following ES4D KML files to your computer:
   
   
   • Radio Availability
   • Total Electron Content
   • Maximum Useable Frequency
   • foF2
   • Past 24 hours TEC movie
   • Past 24 hours MUF movie
     
     
3. Double-click or drag-drop the files selected above onto the Google Earth application icon
   
   
4. In Google Earth, select one or more the desired views under Places
   
   
5. Select optional Google Earth Views:
   • Weather in the Layers sidebar
   • Terrain in the Layers sidebar
   • Grid (lat/long) under View Menu
   • Atmosphere under View Menu
     
     
6. Navigate using the zoom, tilt, and rotate sliders in the upper right corner
   
   
7. View a movie of the past 24 hours using the time slider with 1 movie selected
   
   
8. It is recommended to download new KML files from this site each time Google Earth is started.
   
   
9. See this brief user guide for additional information.