Objective
Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) constitute a threat for operational systems for which the ionosphere is an essential part (i.e., radio systems) or for which the ionosphere is fundamentally a nuisance (i.e. GNSS based systems and applications). The overarching objective of TechTIDE is to design and test new viable TID impact mitigation strategies for the technologies affected by the TIDs and in close collaboration with operators of these technologies, to demonstrate the added value of the proposed mitigation techniques which are based on TechTIDE products. To achieve this main goal, it is necessary to address the following specific objectives:
i. Improve understanding regarding the physical processes resulting in the formation of TIDs, and consequently to identify the drivers in the interplanetary medium, the magnetosphere and the atmosphere;
ii. Define the impact of the TIDs on the space based navigation systems (mainly EGNOS services and N-RTK) and on ground-based HF communication and geolocation systems;
iii. Develop improved methodologies, based on consortium partners’ algorithms, suitable to support for the first time the direct,real-time identification and tracking of TIDs over wide world regions;
iv. Establish an operational system to issue warnings of the occurrence of TIDs over the region extending from Europe to South Africa, to estimate the parameters that specify the TID characteristics and the inferred perturbation, and provide all additional geophysical information to the users to help them assess the risks and to develop mitigation techniques, tailored to their applications;
v. Work systematically with potential users to assess the functionality, reliability and efficiency of the TechTIDE services paving the way to its systematic exploitation from users and to its sustainable operation.
Field of science
- /social sciences/social and economic geography/transport/navigation systems/satellite navigation system/global navigation satellite system
- /natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/atmospheric sciences/meteorology/solar radiation
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Call for proposal
H2020-COMPET-2017
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
11810 Athina
Greece
Participants (12)
51147 Koln
141 31 Praha 4
1180 Bruxelles
43520 Roquetes
9000 Varna
18225 Kuhlungsborn
08034 Barcelona
31400 Toulouse
0087 Pretoria
83440 Tourrettes
1036 Pallouriotissa Lefkosia
14473 Potsdam
