Emilia Correia presentation

2. INPE/CRAAM contribution to
DemoGRAPE
Emília Correia
Intituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE
Centro de Rádio Astronomia e Astrofísica Mackenzie – CRAAM (UPM)

3. Earth – Sun relations and space weather
Polar ionosphere, TEC, scintillations, GNSS
DemoGRAPE will demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed system to
several scopes, from the applications to positioning, to space weather
applications, to solid Earth and polar cap dynamics investigation, to the
monitoring of cryosphere evolution, etc.
DemoGRAPE proposes to join the international efforts spent to monitor and
study the high latitude ionosphere to realize a prototype of a service able
to assist the GNSS users in the polar regions
This is due to the high temporal/spatial variability of the ionosphere at
auroral and polar latitudes that makes often unpredictable the conditions of
the ionospheric plasma

4. The DemoGRAPE legacy will be:
• Design of the demonstrator based on Cloud infrastructure;
• New measurements by means of multi-constellations hardware and software
receivers;
• Data standardization;
• Accessibility to validated data and processors through a dedicated web portal;
• Dissemination of the project to national and international level addressed
to students, scientific community, industrial stakeholders, general public.
INPE offer to host new installation at the station of: EACF (62° S, 58° W,
Antarctic Peninsula), which is run by the PRONTOAR, the Brazilian Antarctic
Program (www.mar.mil.br/secirm/proantar.htm), it is located in Admiralty Bay, King
George Island, some 130 km from the Antarctic Peninsula. The station is runs all
year round.

5. EACF facilities – possible local for antenna installation
Laboratory for ionospheric studies

6. EACF facilities – inside lab

7. Mackenzie University facilities – server installation
CRAAM – São Paulo