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| Title: | Monitoring and Forecasting the Ionosphere Over Europe: The DIAS Project |
| Authors: | Belehaki, A.* Cander, L. R.* Zolesi, B.* Bremer, J.* Juren, C.* Stanislawska, L.* Dialetis, D.* Hatzopoulos, M.* |
| Keywords: | Monitoring Ionosphere |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Title of journal: | Space Weather |
| Series/Report no.: | 12/4(2006) |
| Abstract: | Knowledge of the state of the upper atmosphere, and in particular its ionospheric part, is very important in several
applications affected by space weather, especially the communications and navigation systems that rely on radio
transmission. To better classify the ionosphere and forecast its disturbances over Europe, a data collection endeavour
called the European Digital Upper Atmosphere Server (DIAS) was initiated in 2004 by a consortium formed around
several European ionospheric stations that transmit in real-time ionospheric parameters automatically scaled. The
DIAS project is a collaborative venture of eight institutions funded by the European Commission eContent
Programme. The project seeks to improve access to digital information collected by public European institutes and to
expand its use.
The main objective of the DIAS project is to develop a pan-European digital data collection describing the state of
the upper atmosphere, based on real-time information and historical data collections provided by most of the
operating ionospheric stations in Europe. Various groups of users require data specifying upper atmospheric
conditions over Europe for nowcasting and forecasting purposes. The DIAS system is designed to distribute such
information.
The successful operation of DIAS is based on the effective use of observational data in operational applications
through the development of new added-value ionospheric products and services that best fit the needs of the market.
DIAS is a unique European system, and its continuous operation will efficiently support radio propagation services
with the most reliable information. DIAS began providing services to users in August 2006. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2122/2535 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2006SW000270 |
| Appears in Collections: | 01.02.03. Forecasts Papers Published / Papers in press
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