University of Calgary

$239,988.00 CAD

≈ 3 Canadians' average pay for a year

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2016-2017
Agreement period: March 30, 2017 – —
Reference: csa-asc:003-2016-2017-Q4-03361

Published purpose

The project is entitled 'Polar scintillation model for GNSS'. Satellite navigation system (such as GPS) are vulnerable to space weather in polar regions due to disturbances in the Earth's upper atmosphere (the ionosphere). The project team will develop a model that replicates these real-world conditions for severe space weather events and supports improved design and testing of satellite navigation system receivers.

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