Escenarios Ionosféricos / PT2200

AZPILICUETA FRANCISCO; BRUNINI CLAUDIO

Simposio; Reunión Comité Organizador 8 (RCC8) OACI-SACCSA3; 2012

The ionosphere affects signals broadcast by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) by delaying the propagation of the code carried by the signal. In general ionospheric effects in mid-latitude regions are not severe, causing only gradual variations in ionospheric delays (except in the presence of magnetic storms) whose magnitude can be roughly predicted. However in the equatorial region ionospheric effects are more severe: added to the higher ionospheric delays in this area, the presence of the equatorial anomaly and other equatorial features complicate the ionospheric modeling and make more difficult the prediction of its main features and its effects on GNSS and other applications that depends on the ionospheric status. Nowadays ionospheric algorithms are mainly focused on post-processing and now cast estimation. However, an ionospheric predicting tool could be very useful for several applications, above all for unstable conditions and for the equatorial region: an algorithm capable of predicting the ionospheric behavior in advance could be used to set up early warnings for different uses, among others civil aviation based on Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS) or Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS), the protection of valuable communication satellites from space weather adverse conditions, as well as other technologies affected by space weather, including geophysical exploration and protection of long distance pipelines, HF radio systems, communication and surveillance systems, spacecraft operations, defense needs and alarm systems for safety applications.