An overview of methodologies for real-time detection, characterisation and tracking of traveling ionospheric disturbances developed in the TechTIDE project

Abstract

The main objective of the TechTIDE project (warning and mitigation technologies for travelling ionospheric disturbances effects) is the development of an identification and tracking system for travelling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs) which will issue warnings of electron density perturbations over large world regions. The TechTIDE project has put in operation a real-time warning system that provides the results of complementary TID detection methodologies and many potential drivers to help users assess the risks and develop mitigation techniques tailored to their applications. The TechTIDE methodologies are able to detect in real time activity caused by both large-scale and medium-scale TIDs and characterize background conditions and external drivers, as an additional information required by the users to assess the criticality of the ongoing disturbances in real time. TechTIDE methodologies are based on the exploitation of data collected in real time from Digisondes, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers and Continuous Doppler Sounding System (CDSS) networks. The results are obtained and provided to users in real time. The paper presents the achievements of the project and discusses the challenges faced in the development of the final TechTIDE warning system.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Source ID
10.1051/swsc/2020043

Entities

People

  • Anna Belehaki
  • Antoni Segarra
  • Claudia Borries
  • Cristhian Camilo Timoté
  • Dalia Burešová
  • David Altadill
  • Estefanía Blanch
  • Ioanna Tsagouri
  • Ivan Galkin
  • J. Watermann
  • Jaroslav Chum
  • Jose Miguel Juan Zornoza
  • Kostas Tziotziou
  • Tobias Verhulst

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • European Commission

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space