Ground- and space-based GNSS data ingestion into the NeQuick model

AZPILICUETA FRANCISCO; BRUNINI CLAUDIO

Trieste

Workshop; Workshop and conference on NeQuick; 2015

ICTP

NeQuick 2 is the latest version of the NeQuick ionosphere electron density model developed at ICTP in collaboration with the University of Graz, Austria. It is a quick-run ionospheric electron density model particularly designed for trans-ionospheric propagation applications. The model has been adopted by the International Telecommunication Union, Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) Recommendation as an advanced method for TEC modeling and its code is available on-line in the ITU-R site. The original version of the NeQuick model has been used by the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) of the European Space Agency (ESA) for system assessment analysis. A very important application of the NeQuick model is, without doubt, the NeQuickG version implemented by the European Space Agency for ionospheric corrections in the single frequency operation of the European GALILEO satellite navigation system. The Workshop should allow the participants to be acquainted with the evolution of the model and its validation methodology. The Conference should also be devoted to the presentation of different uses of the NeQuick model and the corresponding results. It is expected that contributions would come from both developed and developing countries scientists.