Workshop on Ionospheric Forecasting for GNSS Operations in Developing Countries: Findings and Challenges

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Description

The workshop will give an introduction to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) operations and the impact of the ionosphere on them. It will concentrate on forecasting ionosphere conditions with focus on Total Electron Content. Its relevance for developing countries will be highlighted.

Ionosphere Weather forecast, that depends strongly on the ability to forecast Space Weather events that reach the Earth, is increasingly needed for radiocommunications, satellite navigation and positioning operations. This is becoming as relevant as it is weather forecast in meteorology. The state of the art in forecasting ionosphere conditions is far behind the level of accuracy reached by weather forecast in the troposphere. Part of this limit is that the coupling of the ionosphere with the lower regions of the atmosphere is not adequately known, particularly in low latitudes where most of the developing countries are located.

TOPICS:

Introduction to GNSS operations 
Ionospheric impact on GNSS operation 
Ionospheric weather: coupling of the ionosphere from above and below
Ionosphere forecast: findings and challenges
Computer Laboratory Work (data analysis of different ionosphere scenarios)

GRANTS:

A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

Material

Final list of Participants General Information Poster group photo

Workshop on Ionospheric Forecasting for GNSS Operations in Developing Countries: Findings and Challenges | (smr 3296)

Go to day

Monday, 27 May 2019
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 08:30 Registration and Administrative Matters 1h0' ( Adriatico Guest House - (Lower Level 1) )
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REGISTRATION: Upon arrival, Visitors not staying in the ICTP Guest Houses, are kindly requested to complete registration formalities at the Adriatico Guesthouse Lower level from 8.30 till 9.30

TRAVEL UNIT (Only for those Visitors receiving daily living allowance/travel reimbursement, who have not provided their bank account data through the on-line portal)  
Only after having completed registration formalities, please go to the Travel Unit, EF, Main Entrance, Room T17, ground floor, open two days:  Monday and Friday, 08.30 - 12.00  and 13.30 - 14.30
Please bring with you: badge/identity card or passport/any travel tickets and boarding passes, if reimbursement due.
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  - 09:30 Opening Remarks 30'
    
    Speaker: S.M. Radicella, P. Doherty, S. Gadimova and B. Nava (ICTP (Italy), BC (USA), UNOOSA (Austria), ICTP (Italy))
  - 10:00 Sources of Space Weather in Earth’s Vicinity 1h0'
    
    Speaker: N. Gopalswamy (NASA-GSFC, USA)
  - 11:00 ICG and its programme on GNSS 20'
    
    Speaker: S. Gadimova (UNOOSA (Austria))
  - 11:20 Space Weather effects on GNSS 40'
    
    Speaker: P. Doherty (BC, USA)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
  - 14:00 Advanced GNSS 1h0'
    
    Speaker: J. Raquet (AF Institute of Technology, USA)
  - 15:00 Group photo 10'
  - 15:10 Coffee break 20'
  - 15:30 Advanced GNSS 1h30'
    
    Speaker: J. Raquet (AF Institute of Technology, USA)
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
- 09:00 - 15:30
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 09:00 Impacts of some Solar events on Ionosphere and Earth’s magnetic field 1h0'
    
    Speaker: C. Amory-Mazaudier (Sorbonne University, France/ICTP, Italy)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 10:30 Impacts of some Solar events on Ionosphere and Earth’s magnetic field 1h30'
    
    Speaker: C. Amory-Mazaudier (Sorbonne University, France/ICTP, Italy)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
  - 14:00 Ionospheric effects on GNSS operations 1h0'
    
    Speaker: B. Arbesser-Rastburg (Institute of Navigation, Austria)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
- 15:30 - 17:45 SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS (Alphabetic order of countries), Chair: A. Coster
  - 15:30 Space Weather activities and Initiatives at LAMP (Argentinean Space Weather Laboratory Group) 20'
    
    Speaker: C. V. Lanabere et al (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  - 15:50 Research and Development activities carried out in the Telecommunications Laboratory of the National University of Tucumán 20'
    
    Speaker: Z. Saavedra et al (National University of Tucumán, Argentina)
  - 16:10 Research work on GNSS and ionosphere in Bosnia-Herzegovina 20'
    
    Speaker: R. Natras (University of Sarajevo , Bosnia-Herzegovina)
  - 16:30 Recent results about ionospheric and GNSS research at the University of Rijeka, Croatia 20'
    
    Speaker: R. Filjar et al (University of Rijeka, Croatia)
  - 16:50 A GNSS receiver network in Chile 20'
    
    Speaker: A. M. Diaz Quezada (University of Chile (Santiago), Chile)
  - 17:10 Introduction to the International Meridian Circle Program 20'
    
    Speaker: C. Ding (China Research Institute of Radio Propagation, PR China)
  - 17:30 Ionospheric variations over Sri Lanka; Findings and Challenges 15'
    
    Speaker: R. Jenan et al (Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka)
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- 09:00 - 15:30
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 09:00 Introduction to Ionospheric Forecasting 1h0'
    
    Speaker: S. M. Radicella (ICTP, Italy)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 10:30 Introduction to Ionospheric irregularities and scintillations 1h30'
    
    Speaker: K. Groves (BC, USA)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
  - 14:00 Ionospheric storms and GNSS data 1h0'
    
    Speaker: A. Coster (MIT, USA)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
- 15:30 - 17:10 SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS (Alphabetic order of countries), Chair: C. Amory-Mazaudier
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 15:30 Variability of Ionospheric and Ring-Current parameters: A study focused on their regular characteristics 20'
    
    Speaker: F. Poblet et al (National University of La Plata, Argentina)
  - 15:50 Inter-hourly variability of total electron content during quiet conditions over Nigeria, within the equatorial ionization anomaly region 20'
    
    Speaker: T. T. Ayorinde (INPE Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil (Nigeria))
  - 16:10 On ionospheric studies over Ivory-Coast : results during the last decade 20'
    
    Speaker: O. K. Obrou (Université FHB Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire)
  - 16:30 Nigerian GNSS receivers and other ionospheric research infrastructures 20'
    
    Speaker: B. Rabiu (NASRDA, Nigeria)
  - 16:50 Ionospheric Variability and Dependence on Solar Activity 20'
    
    Speaker: J. O. Adeniyi (Landmark University, Nigeria)
- 19:30 - 21:30
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria
  - 19:30 Dinner 2h0'
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All participants of the GNSS Workshop are cordially invited to the dinner, that will be held at the Adriatico Cafeteria.
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Thursday, 30 May 2019
- 09:00 - 15:30
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 09:00 Introduction to GNSS reflectometry 1h0'
    
    Speaker: J. Garrison (Pordue University, USA)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 10:30 GNSS for Ionosphere and Space Weather Monitoring 1h30'
    
    Speaker: J. Morton (University of Colorado, USA)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 2h0'
  - 14:00 Turbulent ionosphere parameters inversion : use of SAGAIE to study scintillation in equatorial region 20'
    
    Speaker: A. Galmiche (Thales Alenia Space, France)
  - 14:20 The potential of COSMIC radio occultation TEC to supplement ground-based GNSS TEC over African region 20'
    
    Speaker: P. Mungufeni (Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda)
  - 14:40 Scintillation and irregularity characterization using multi-frequency GNSS 20'
    
    Speaker: A. Paul (University of Calcutta, India)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
- 15:30 - 17:30 SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS (Alphabetic order of countries), Chair: K. Groves
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 15:30 Geomagnetically induction effects related to impulsive Space Weather events at low latitudes 20'
    
    Speaker: N. Kouassi (University of Felix Houphouet Boigny, Cote d'Ivoire)
  - 15:50 Variabilities of vertical total electron content and amplitude scintillation of radio waves at different temporal scales over two low latitude SCINDA GPS stations 20'
    
    Speaker: Y. T. Tesfu (Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, Ethiopia)
  - 16:10 Characterization of coronal mass ejections at type II solar radio burst onset 20'
    
    Speaker: F. K. Dagnew et al (Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, Ethiopia)
  - 16:30 Total electron content response to geomagnetic activity over some selected African Equatorial and low latitude stations 20'
    
    Speaker: R. B. Abdulrahim et al (NASRDA, Nigeria)
  - 16:50 Quantitative comparison of ground based L-band scintillation and in-situ F-region irregularities from Swarm 20'
    
    Speaker: S. Aol et al (Mbarara University, Uganda)
  - 17:10 Characterizing the transition from mid to low latitude within the African sector 20'
    
    Speaker: P. Sibanda (Kwame Nkrumah University, Zambia)
Friday, 31 May 2019
- 09:00 - 11:30 SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS (Alphabetic order of countries), Chair: J. O. Adeniyi
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 09:00 Studies on Solar Wind High-Speed Streams during low solar activity and their potential role in ionospheric forecasting. 20'
    
    Speaker: C. Candido et al (INPE Sao Jose dos Campos/NSSC Beijing, Brazil/PR China)
  - 09:20 The role of the phase of QBO in modulating the influence of the SSW on the equatorial ionosphere 20'
    
    Speaker: S. Yadav et al (Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, India)
  - 09:40 Wavy signatures at lower and upper ionospheric altitude simultaneously observed on GNSS and VLF data 20'
    
    Speaker: A. K. Maurya et al (Doon University, India)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 10:30 Atmospheric-Ionospheric coupling as a source of ionospheric variability: Challenges for GNSS operations 20'
    
    Speaker: S. Sripathi et al (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India)
  - 10:50 Total electron content and Scintillations over Maseno, Kenya during high solar activity year 20'
    
    Speaker: E. G. Omondi (Maseno University, Kenya)
  - 11:10 Comparison of IRI-01Cor, IRI-Plas 2015, NeQuick-2 and CAR-NN models with GPS-TEC measurements over Nigeria located within equatorial ionospheric anomaly region. 20'
    
    Speaker: A. A. Akerele (NASRDA, Nigeria)
- 11:30 - 13:00
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Giambiagi Lecture Hall
  - 11:30 General discussion 1h0'
  - 12:30 Handover of certificates and closing 30'