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Cosponsor(s):

Boston College, USA

Start Time:

6 April 2010 at 09:00

Ends On:

23 April 2010

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

AGH (Kastler Lecture Hall)

Organizer(s):

Directors: Patricia H. Doherty, Sandro M. Radicella.

Description:



Global Navigation Satellite Systems provide an enabling technology that can make major contributions to economic growth and societal betterment worldwide. International organizations have recognized this fact and have initiated the deployment of infrastructure to allow Africa to exploit this technology. Unfortunately, these developments have been slow due to limited funding and a short supply of educated workers to support GNSS activities in Africa. The educational program of this workshop, like the workshop in 2009, is directed to prepare a future knowledgeable GNSS African workforce that is necessary for the sustainability of this revolutionizing science and technology.

The workshop will include formal lectures, and hands-on practice particularly oriented towards the scientific exploration using GNSS. Space weather and ionospheric research activities will be stressed in an effort to initiate space science research programs in African universities, and support existing groups in the field.

The workshops will be taught by worldwide experts in GNSS science and technology.

Material:

WEEK 1 - Basic of GNSS

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

6 April 2010
09:00
12:00
Registration/Administrative Formalities
03h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
12:00
14:00
Lunch
02h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
16:00
Introduction to the Computer facilities in ICTP and computer languages
02h00'
C. Onime
ICTP, Trieste
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
Opening Ceremony and Introduction Presentations

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

7 April 2010
09:00
10:00
Opening Remarks and Welcome
01h00'
S. Radicella, P. Doherty
ICTP., Boston College
10:00
10:30
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
10:30
11:15
Introduction to Satellite Navigation and GPS
45'
P. Doherty
Boston College, USA
11:15
12:00
The European GNSS Program
45'
B. Arbesser-Rastburg
European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
12:00
12:45
Earth Observations Using GNSS
45'
F. Vespe
Italian Space Agency, Matera, Italy
12:45
15:00
Lunch
02h15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
15:00
15:30
Opening Ceremony - Partnership for GNSS Education for Africa
30'
Dr. Fernando Quevedo, Dr. Kevin Bedell
Director, ICTP, V.P. for Research, Boston College
15:30
16:30
UNOOSA, European Space Agency, European Union, African Union, Italian Space Agency, Institute of Navigation, Air Force Research Laboratory, FAA, NSF, NASA
01h00'
International and National Organization Representatives:
16:30
17:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
17:00
18:00
International and National Organizations Representatives: contd.
01h00'
19:30
19:30
Welcome Dinner (Hosted by ICTP and Boston College)
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
GPS Tutorials

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

8 April 2010
08:30
10:00
GPS Space and Control Segments
01h30'
C. Hegarty,
MITRE, Bedford, USA
10:00
10:30
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
10:30
12:00
GPS Coordinate Frames, Time Reference and Orbits
01h30'
C. Hegarty,
MITRE, Bedford, USA
12:00
13:00
GPS Measurements and Error Sources
01h00'
C. Hegarty,
MITRE, Bedford, USA
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:30
Kalman Filtering, Inertial Navigation, High Accuracy GPS
01h30'
J. Raquet
AFIT, Wright Patternson, USA
15:30
15:50
Coffee Break
20'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
15:50
17:30
Differential GPS, Position-Velocity-Time Calculations
01h40'
J. Raquet
AFIT, Wright Patternson, USA
GPS Tutorials, GPS Receivers, Tools for GNSS Research and Education

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

9 April 2010
08:30
10:30
GNSS Calculations Laboratory
02h00'
J. Raquet
AFIT, Wright Patternson, USA
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
11:00
13:00
GPS Receivers, Receiver Signals, and Principals of Operation
02h00'
P. Ward
NavWard Consultants, USA
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:00
GPS receivers contd.
01h00'
P. Ward
NavWard Consultants, USA
15:00
15:30
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
15:30
17:30
Sat-Surf Suite and N-FUELS: Tools for Rapid-Prototyping, Research and Educations in the Field of GNSS
02h00'
D. Margaria
ISMB, Torino, Italy
WEEK - 2 Practical Applications : Autonomous Navigation

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

12 April 2010
08:30
09:00
The Institute of Navigation
30'
M. Miller
USAF & ION, Eglin, USA
09:00
10:00
Autonomous Navigation
01h00'
M. Miller, J. Morton
USAF; Miami University, USA
10:00
10:30
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
10:30
12:30
Mini-Urban Challenge (Educational Perspectives)
02h00'
C. New, C. Miller
AFRL, Eglin: WPAFB, Wright Patterson, USA
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
12:30
13:00
MindStorm Robots in Experimental Courses at de Univ. de Cocody
30'
O. Obrou
Univ. de Cocody, Abidjan, Cote d\'Ivoire
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:15
Robotics Laboratory
01h15'
M. Miller, J. Morton, C. Miller, C.New
USAF; Miami Univ; WPAFB; AFRL., USA
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
15:15
15:30
Coffee Break
15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
15:30
17:30
Robotics Laboratory contd.
02h00'
M. Miller, J. Morton, C. Miller, C.New
USAF; Miami Univ; WPAFB; AFRL., USA
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
19:30
19:30
Official Dinner (Hosted by ICTP and Boston College)
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
AFREF, Mapping and Surveying

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

13 April 2010
09:00
10:30
Open Consultations
01h30'
10:30
11:00
Briefs on AFREF and Ionospheric Studies within Equatorial Anomaly using SCINDA GPS
30'
B. Rabiu
Fed. Univ. of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
11:00
11:30
Mapping and Surveying using GNSS
30'
O. A. Isioye
Ahmad Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
11:30
12:00
The Low-latitude Ionosphere Sensor Network (LISN): Initial Campaigns and Implications for an African Network
30'
P. Doherty
Boston College, USA
12:00
13:00
Open Discussion - Benefits of National and International Collaborations
01h00'
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:15
Atmospheric Characteristics, Gravity Field and Sea Topography Estimation Using GNSS
01h15'
F. Vespe
Italian Space Agency, Matera, Italy
15:15
15:30
Coffee Break
15'
15:30
16:30
Atmospheric Characteristics, Gravity Field and Sea Topography Estimation Using GNSS contd.
01h00'
F. Vespe
Italian Space Agency, Matera, Italy
Observations of GeoHazards, Precision Agriculture

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

14 April 2010
08:30
09:30
GNSS for Earthquake and Volcanic Hazards Oberservations
01h00'
A. Aoudia
ICTP, Italy
09:30
10:00
The ICTP Africa Geo-Hazard Initiative
30'
A. Aoudia
ICTP, Italy
10:00
10:30
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
10:30
13:00
Precision Agriculture
02h30'
R. Shsani
University of Florida, USA
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:15
Precision Agriculture Laboratory
01h15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
15:15
15:30
Coffee Break
15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
15:30
17:00
Precision Agriculture Lab. contd.
01h30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
Marine Navigation, Land Navigation - Geocache Challenge

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

15 April 2010
08:30
10:00
Marine Navigation
01h30'
J. Doherty
Inst. for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, USA
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
10:00
10:30
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
10:30
11:30
Marine Navigation contd.
01h00'
J. Doherty
Inst. For Defense Analyses, Alexandria, USA
11:30
12:00
GNSS TEC Data Processing
30'
G. Seemala, S. Delay
Boston College, USA
12:00
13:00
TEC Calib. Techniques: Single-station estimation of arc offsets
01h00'
L. Ciraolo, K. Alazo
IFAC- ICTP
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:15
Navigation Using Hand Held Receivers
01h15'
C. Fonda, G. Seemala, S. Delay
ICTP., Boston College
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
15:15
15:30
Coffee Break
15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
15:30
17:30
Land Navigation contd. - The Geocache Challenge
02h00'
C, Fonda, G. Seemala, S. Delay
ICTP., Boston College
Worldwide Ionsphere, GNSS Processing Techniques

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

16 April 2010
08:30
09:00
Open Discussion
30'
S. Radicella, P. Doherty
ARPL/ICTP, Boston College, USA
09:00
10:00
The Worldwide Ionosphere and Effects on GNSS
01h00'
P. Doherty
Boston College, USA
10:00
10:30
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
10:30
12:00
TEC Calibration Laboratory
01h30'
G. Ciraolo, K. Alazo
IFAC, ICTP
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
12:00
13:00
Open TEC Data Processing & Calibration Laboratory
01h00'
G. Seemala, S. Delay
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:15
Introduction to Clocks, GPS time, Precise Time Applications
01h15'
D. Matsakis
UNSO, Washington, USA
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
15:15
15:30
Coffee Break
15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
15:30
17:00
Introduction to Clocks, GPS time, Precise Time Applications contd.
01h30'
D. Matsakis
UNSO, Washington, USA
WEEK 3 - Scientific Exploration with GNSS : Space Weather, Ionospheric Modeling, Scintillation

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

19 April 2010
08:30
09:30
The FAA's Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
01h00'
J. Doherty
IDA, Alexandria, USA
09:30
10:15
Introduction to Space Weather
45'
P. Doherty
Boston College, USA
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
11:00
12:00
Ionospheric Modeling
01h00'
S. Radicella
ARPL/ICTP, Italy
12:00
13:00
Ionospheric Model Adaptation to Experimental Data
01h00'
B. Nava
ARPL/ICTP, Italy
13:00
14:30
Lunch
01h30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:15
Theory of Propagation of Radio-Waves through Ionospheric Irregularities: Ionospheric Scintillations
01h15'
N. Zernov
Univ. of St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
14:30
15:30
Sensing Space Weather with Distributed Oberservatories
01h00'
C. Valladares
Boston College, USA
15:30
16:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
16:00
16:30
Discussion on Program Changes due to Travel Problems for Lecturers
30'
19:30
22:00
Women's Dinner
02h30'
Scintillation, Space Weather Laboratory

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

20 April 2010
08:30
09:00
EGY Update
30'
V. Chukwuma
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
09:00
09:30
The Euro-Africa-ICT Project: Policy Dialogues and Strengthened Cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa
30'
P. McGrath
TWAS, Trieste
09:30
10:30
Scintillation Phenomena and its Effects on GNSS
01h00'
C. Valladares
Boston College, USA
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
11:00
12:00
Estimating the effects of Ionospheric Scintillation on Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) at low latitudes
01h00'
B. Forte
Univ. of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
12:00
13:00
Update on SCINDA Activities in Africa and Around the Globe
01h00'
R. Caton, B. Heruska
AFRL, Hansom, USA
(Presented by R. Babatunde and P. Doherty)
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
14:30
Study of Ionospheric Scintillation occurrence with a SCINDA GPS receiver over Abidjan
30'
O. Obrou
Univ. de Cocody, Abidjan, Cote d\'Ivoire
14:30
15:30
Space Weather Laboratory - access, process, analyze storm data
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
15:30
16:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
16:00
17:30
SCINDA-GPS Demonstration Laboratory
01h30'
R. Caton, B. Heruska
AFRL, Hansom, USA
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
16:00
17:30
Space Weather Laboratory contd.
01h30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
Tropospheric Measurements, Participant Presentations and MindStorm Lab.

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

21 April 2010
08:30
09:30
Space Weather and the Ionosphere
01h00'
E. Yizengaw
Boston College, USA
(Presented by C. Valladares and P. Doherty)
09:30
10:30
Tropospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation observations
01h00'
R. Notarpietro
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
11:00
12:00
Electron density profiles using GNSS Radio Occultation Observations
01h00'
B. Nava
ARPL/ICTP, Italy
12:00
12:30
SCINDA Set-Up and Measurements at Makerere University
30'
B. Twinamasiko, F. D'Ujanga
Makerere University, Uganda
12:30
13:00
Status of Africa Geophysics Society
30'
O. Obrou
Univ. de Cocody, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
15:15
MindStorm Laboratory - Part 2
01h15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
15:30
16:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
16:00
17:15
MindStorm Laboratroy Contd.
01h15'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
19:30
19:30
Final Dinner hosted by ICTP and Boston College
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
Space Weather Effects, Participants Presentations

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

22 April 2010
08:30
11:30
Administrative affairs
03h00'
12:00
12:30
Ionospheric Pre-Storm Phenomenon
30'
V. Chukwuma
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
12:30
13:00
April 2010 Geomagnetic Storm-Measurements from Ilorin
30'
J. Adeniyi
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
13:00
14:00
Lunch
01h00'
Room: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
14:00
14:30
TEC and Scintillation Using GPS at Lagos
30'
L. Amaeshi
University of Lagos, Nigeria
14:30
15:00
Automatic Detection of Ionospheric Depletions
30'
S. Magdaleno
Room: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
15:00
15:30
Geoeffectiveness of CMEs During Solar Cycle, 23
30'
J. Uwamohoro
Kigali Institute of Education, Kigali, Rwanda
15:30
16:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
16:00
16:30
GNSS Status in Rwanda
30'
V. Munyaburanga
National Univ. of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda
16:30
17:00
Space Mission Comedy to TEC Calibration
30'
M. Kawesha
University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Open Discussions and Closing Ceremony

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

23 April 2010
09:00
09:30
Space Weather Effects on WAAS
30'
P. Doherty
Boston College, USA
09:30
10:30
Open Discussion: The Future: Where do we go from here?
01h00'
S. Radicella, P. Doherty
ICTP., Boston College
10:30
11:00
Coffee Break
30'
Room: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
11:00
12:00
Closing Ceremony: Distribution of Certificates of Participation
01h00'
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