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Project
Acronym:
MISW
Name:
Mitigation of space weather threats to GNSS services
Project status:
From: 2014-02-01
To: 2016-07-31
(Completed)
Contract number:
607081
Action line:
-
Type (Programme):
FP7
Funding scheme:
STREP
Project cost:
2.882.063,00 EUR
Project funding:
1.968.231,00 EUR
Project coordinator
Organisation Name:
University of Bath, UK
Organisation adress:
Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
Organisation country:
United Kingdom
Contact person name:
Biagio Forte
Contact person email:
Croatian partner
Organisation name:
Fakultet elektrotehnike i računarstva
Organisation address:
Unska 3, Zagreb
Contact person name:
Tomislav Kos
Contact person tel:
+385 1 6129772
Contact person fax:
+385 1 6129717
Contact person e-mail:
Partners
| Organisation name | Country |
|---|---|
| University of Bath (UBAH) | United Kingdom |
| Thales Alenia Space Italy (TAS-I) | Italy |
| Thales Alenia Space France (TAS-F) | France |
| University of Nottingham (UNOTT) | United Kingdom |
| Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo) | Italy |
| Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) | Italy |
| EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION (EISCAT) | Sweden |
| European Joint Research Centre – Institute for Security and Protection of Citizens (JRC) | Belgium |
| Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) | Denmark |
| Space Research Centre (SRC) | Poland |
| University of Zagreb, FER (UNIZG-FER), | Croatia |
| MET Office (MET) | United Kingdom |
Short description of project
MISW (Mitigation of space weather threats to GNSS services) will tackle the research challenges associated with GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and Space Weather to bring practical solutions right into the forefront of European Industry. Space Weather can affect many modern technologies that we take for granted. One of the most common technologies found across many systems today is navigation and timing provided by the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The main users of GNSS positioning are reliant on the inherent accuracy that the system can provide but this is not adequate for all applications. Aviation has its own augmentation solution called a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) and the European version is called EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service). These systems gather additional information that allows some mitigation of Space Weather Events. However, they are not yet able to work in the most challenging regions and as a consequence Space Weather disturbances to the ionised upper atmosphere (ionosphere) will cause navigation errors that remain uncompensated. MISW will research, develop and apply new solutions to compensate for ionospheric effects on GNSS. Measurements of actual extreme events will allow realistic estimates of the ionospheric delays and errors caused by scintillation. MISW will include the development of new mapping techniques to compensate for ionospheric delay and both system-level and receiver-level solutions to scintillation events. The MISW consortium of leading industry, academia and research organisations will deliver the foundations for the next generation SBAS systems that can be extended across Europe and into Africa, ensuring reliable GNSS services over many decades ahead.
Short description of the task performed by Croatian partner
FER will provide contributions to the project activities related to measurement campaign, GNSS position and positioning error samples, ionospheric TEC and TEC gradient observables collection and consolidation, data analysis and modelling, assessment of the impact of TEC gradients and scintillation on GNSS signals, receivers, and overall satellite navigation systems. Measurements of actual extreme events will allow realistic estimates of the ionospheric delays and errors. FER will use the existing international monitoring infrastructure and its own experimental infrastructure enhanced with the number instruments to be procured and deployed in Croatia during the course of the project.