News and Events

July 2024

Sales Update


From January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024 LDI has manufactured, tested, and delivered fifteen DPS4D HF Radar Systems to customers world-wide. Three more systems are on order for delivery in 2024. Two DPS4 systems have been upgraded to DPS4D; Jicamarca, Peru and Rome, Italy. Since inception, fifty-five new DPS4D systems have been installed in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the U.S. During the same period eight old-model DPS4 systems have been upgraded to DPS4D.


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May 2023

Seven DPS4D HF Radar Systems delivered since July 2020


Since July 2020 LDI has manufactured, tested and delivered seven DPS4Ds HF Radar Systems to customers including Tobyhanna Army Depot, INGV in Italy, UiT- Arctic University of Norway-Tromso, Northrop Grumman & MITRE.


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August 2020

LDI receives NASA SBIR Phase I proposal


Lowell Digisonde International, LLC has received a Phase I award from NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, to design a cubesat based system for topside ionospheric sounding... Read more


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June 2020

Three Digisonde 4D (DPS4D) systems to customers in the USA despite COVID 19


As of June 2020 LDI has delivered three Digisonde 4D (DPS4D) systems to customers in the USA despite COVID 19... Read more


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November 2019

More customers equipped with the DPS4D HF Radar System


LDI recently delivered five Digisonde® 4D (DPS4D) Systems to customers in the USA and abroad... Read more


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May 2019

XV International GIRO Forum & 50 Years of Digisonde


In May 2019, it will be 5 years since our last International GIRO Forum was held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML). Read more


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February 2017

LDI is awarded its 3rd SBIR Phase II contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)


Lowell Digisonde International (LDI) has received a Phase II award from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)... Read more


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November 2014

Bodo Reinisch was Awarded the "International Kristian Birkeland Medal"


Prof. Arne Skjeltorp of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences presented the medal on behalf of the International Space Weather and Climate Committee during the European Space Weather Week in Liège, Belgium on 20 November 2014.... Read more


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May 19-23, 2014

XIV International GIRO Forum & Real-Time-IRI Task Force Meeting


The Forum will discuss the latest system news of the Global Ionosphere Radio Observatory (GIRO) and the Lowell GIRO Data Center (LGDC)... Read more


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October 2013

LDI Receives SBIR Phase II Award


Lowell Digisonde International, LLC has received a Phase II award from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Administration, for the development of a Small Satellite-based System for Active and Passive Sounding of the Ionosphere... Read more


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September 2013

LDI Receives a Second SBIR Phase I Award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)


Lowell Digisonde International, LLC has received a Phase I award from the AF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, to develop a tool capable of simulating 3D HF propagation... Read more


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June 2013

Ionosonde Related Conferences in 2013


Lowell Digisonde International, LLC has received a Phase II award from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Administration, for the development of a Small Satellite-based System for Active and Passive Sounding of the Ionosphere... Read more


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July 2012

LDI Receives SBIR Phase I Award


Lowell Digisonde International, LLC has received a Phase I award from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Administration, to develop a Small Satellite-based System for Active and Passive Sounding of the Ionosphere, Direct Current (DC) through High Frequency (HF), for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).... Read more


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October 2013

LDI Presents at IARPA HF Geolocation Phase 1B Proposers' Day


LDI Presents at IARPA HF Geolocation Phase 1B Proposers' Day... Read more


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September 2013

LDI’s CEO Receives Officer's Cross of the Federal Order of Merit


Consul General Friedrich Löhr decorated Professor Bodo W. Reinisch with the “Officer's Cross of the Federal Order of Merit” on Thursday, June 28, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts... Read more


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May 2012

New Additions to GIRO


The Digisonde® sounder network for the Global Ionospheric Radio Observatory has again been expanded with the recent delivery of Digisonde® 4D systems by LDI... Read more


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March 2012

(ESPAS) Near-Earth Space Data Infrastructure for e-Science


Lowell Digisonde International, (LDI) is a participant in a new Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) project as the only non-European organization... Read more


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August 2011

Dr. Bodo Reinisch Cited for Research in Ionospheric Physics


"It was like winning the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for the field of radio science!"... Read more


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May 2011

XIII International GIRO Forum


On May 10-13 Lowell Digisonde International, LLC in cooperation with UMass Lowell's Center for Atmospheric Research (UMLCAR) hosted the XIII International GIRO forum... Read more


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December 2009

Founding of Lowell Digisonde International, LLC


On Dec 1, 2009 Lowell Digisonde International, LLC (LDI) was founded by Prof. Emeritus Bodo W. Reinisch, the former director of the Center for Atmospheric Research at the University of Massachusetts Lowell... Read more


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International GIRO Forum (IGF)

The International GIRO Forum (IGF) is a workshop hosted by LDI where participants discuss the latest developments on the “Global Ionosphere Radio Observatory” (GIRO) and the “Lowell GIRO Data Center” (LGDC). Experts give lead talks on new measurement capabilities of the Digisonde family of instrumentation, associated research applications, data dissemination and archiving, quality control, and scientific data interpretation. The participants attend hands-on sessions ranging in topics from data analysis to hardware troubleshooting.

IGF is usually preceded by a one-day Real-Time-IRI Task Force Meeting.

Topics covered at IGF:

  • Space weather applications including the ongoing development of the real-time extension of the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) Ne model based on GIRO real-time data streams
  • Access portal to Lowell GIRO Data Center, including DIDBase, TID Warning System, and GAMBIT coefficients for the real-time assimilative IRI
  • IRI-based Real-Time Assimilative Model (IRTAM)
  • Cooperative real-time GIRO and GNSS specification of 3D ionosphere
  • Cooperation of GIRO and COSMIC II
  • Vary-Chap topside electron density profile modeling
  • SAO.XML model for ionospheric data exchange
  • High cadence Ionogram and skymap/drift measurements for coordinated experiments with the HAARP ionospheric heating facility
  • TID Detection and Warning System with DPS4Ds
  • Ionospheric Irregularity Index (?)
  • DPS4D HF absorption measurements
  • Data quality control of ARTIST-5 autoscaling
  • Precision ranging for h’(f) measurements
  • Hardware and software developments for the latest Digisonde instrumentation
    • Double-Probe & Topside-Ionosphere-Sounder (DPTIS) status and prospects
    • New DPS-5 Digisonde model
    • New DPR-5 Receive-only Digisonde model

Attendees include scientists, engineers, radio enthusiasts, and anyone interested in ionospheric sounding research and analysis. The workshop is seen as a valuable resource by the ionospheric research community: "The work sessions that allow for 1&1 interaction are extremely valuable, also the combination of science & technical is very important" – L.A. McKinnell. IGF has historically been hosted in the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, which provides spacious conference facilities, the convenience of lodging, and easy access to the city of Lowell and LDI.

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