Quality Assessment of Ionospheric Correction

Welcome to the Transionospheric Radio Link - Quality Assessment of Ionospheric Correction service

Overview

The service "Transionospheric Radio Link - Quality Assessment of Ionospheric Correction" aims to provide information on whether standard corrections to GNSS signal are applicable, including for the TEC core products a-posteriori and estimated parameters and near-real-time alarms to indicate the level of degradation of ionospheric correction models with respect to the actual state of the ionosphere. This latter assessment shall be established by considering the update rate for the different service users among the following:

  • Users of GNSS Single frequency services with average accuracy, no integrity (e.g. typical GNSS mass market user)
  • Users of GNSS Single frequency services with average accuracy, using integrity (e.g. EGNOS user)
  • Users or multi-frequency GNSS systems with very high accuracy (e.g. GNSS geodetic users, RTK).

This service is implemented through a combination of products, tools and alerts which can be found through the following sections along with expert support provided by the teams constituting the SWE Network. Should you require further guidance in the use of this service, or have specific questions about any aspects of the service presented here, don’t hesitate to contact the Helpdesk.

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Highlights

Announcements

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Products and Alerts

The following products are associated with this service:

Products

Ionosphere, Nowcast
Vertical Total Electron Content Map
3D Electron Density Grids
URSI Ionospheric Parameters
Scintillation Indices and Parameters
Ionosphere, Archives
Vertical Total Electron Content Map
3D Electron Density Grids
URSI Ionospheric Parameters
Scintillation Indices and Parameters

No product available in this category yet

Geomagnetic Indices, Nowcast
Geomagnetic Storm Condition
Local External Magnetic Field on Ground
Local Geomagnetic Induced Geoelectric Field
Geomagnetic Indices, Archives
Geomagnetic Storm Condition
Local External Magnetic Field on Ground
Local Geomagnetic Induced Geoelectric Field
Solar Indices, Nowcast
Solar Flares
Smoothed Sunspot Number (SSN, R12)

No product available in this category yet

10.7cm Solar Radio Flux (F10.7)
Solar X-ray Flux
Solar EUV Integrated Flux

No product available in this category yet

Solar UV Flux

No product available in this category yet

Solar Indices, Archives
Solar Flares
Smoothed Sunspot Number (SSN, R12)
10.7cm Solar Radio Flux (F10.7)
Solar X-ray Flux
Solar EUV Integrated Flux
Solar UV Flux

Alerts

Ionospheric Disturbance Detection

Tools

User Manual

Many applications use ionospheric correction models to estimate the ionospheric dependencies. The accuracy of this estimation depends on the actual state of the ionosphere. Degradation of the accuracy occurs during perturbed conditions, e.g. ionospheric storms or scintillations. Therefore, this service provides TEC core products a-posteriori and estimated parameters and near-real-time alarms to indicate the level of degradation of ionospheric correction models with respect to the actual state of the ionosphere.

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Interruptions

❗Due to current unavailability of the SDO input data the performance of some products is affected.

TEC map (Europe), current

Full product
Provided by: German Aerospace Center

TEC map (Global), current

Full product
Provided by: German Aerospace Center

Swarm Total Electron Content (TEC)

Full product
Provided by: German Research Centre for Geosciences