Innovation Days
PITHIA-NRF services mitigating the socio-economic impacts of the upper atmosphere effects.
Many space weather phenomena perturb the upper atmosphere and influence the performance and reliability of several essential and costly space-borne and groundbased technologies on Earth, such as:
EARTH OBSERVATION (EO) SYSTEMS (E.G., LOW-FREQUENCY SAR), WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY:
- Faraday rotation.
- Ionospheric Scintillation.
UHF COMMUNICATIONS USED IN SATCOM THAT ARE ATTENUATED BY:
- Ionospheric plasma bubbles.
POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING (PNT) WITH GNSS SATELLITES AND GROUND-BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS (GBAS) THAT IS MADE INACCURATE BY:
- Large total electron content (TEC) gradients.
- Ionospheric plasma bubbles (leading to scintillations and ionospheric delay).
- Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances.
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION (AO) SYSTEMS (E.G., LOFAR), WHICH ARE RENDERED UNAVAILABLE BY:
- Geomagnetic storms & auroral jets intensifications
- Ionospheric plasma bubbles.
TERRESTRIAL RADIO SYSTEMS USING HF AND VHF COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH ARE DISRUPTED BY:
- Polar Cap Absorption.
- Sporadic E-layer.
- Travelling Ionospheric Disturbances.
- Ionization depletions.
SATELLITES IN LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO), WHOSE ORBITS CAN BE AFFECTED BY THERMOSPHERIC DRAG.
PITHIA-NRF services will significantly contribute to predicting these effects and, thus, support the design of technologies mitigating their impacts.
Innovation Day 1
You can find more about the First Innovation Day here.
Innovation Day 2
It is planned to take place in month 24 of the project.
Innovation Day 3
It is planned to take place in month 40 of the project.
Check the PITHIA-NRF’s website section “NEWS” to get all the updates about Innovation Days.