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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear IGS Community</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">The <a href="https://gssc.esa.int/">ESA's GNSS Science Support Centre (GSSC)</a> is excited to invite all
enthusiasts and professionals to join their upcoming webinar, titled "<b>GSSC Now Webinar: Processing GNSS data from affordable receivers for ionospheric monitoring</b>".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">ESA’s AMIC initiative, led by Rokubun in collaboration with ICTP, addresses a critical challenge in GNSS-based
monitoring of Earth’s Ionosphere and troposphere: the lack of coverage in remote regions like deserts, oceans, and inaccessible areas. Establishing receivers in these locations poses logistical and financial complexities due to potential equipment loss or
damage, along with costly maintenance efforts. For a minimum of six months, AMIC project aims to ensuring continuous data collection while building new GNSS capabilities across Africa, South America, and India.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">AMIC cost-effective solution provides high-quality data suitable for atmospheric monitoring applications.
Central to the project is Rokubun’s MEDEA GNSS receiver, designed to deliver exceptional performance at an affordable cost. With an initial deployment of 20 receivers that introduces the concept of Affordable Continuous Operating Reference Networks (ACORN),
the project streams data to ESA’s Navigation Digital Platform, <a href="https://gssc.esa.int/portal">
GSSC Now</a>, adhering to a commitment of long term availability and open access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">WEBINAR DETAILS AT A GLANCE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">Start: 14:00 PM CEST (1 hour duration max)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">Registration: Secure your spot by registering <a href="https://esait.webex.com/weblink/register/r81eebb26c9e5dc7b84b285d8346faba8">here</a>. Please note that spaces are
limited, so don’t delay!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">Location: Online<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE WEBINAR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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The webinar will be have a strong hands-on focus, demonstrating how to utilize AMIC’s data to obtain relevant parameters for ionospheric monitoring. The webinar will make use of Jupyter notebooks and data publicly accessible from ESA's GSSC Now platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">WHO IS THE EVENT FOR?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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This event caters to both novice and seasoned researchers specializing in GNSS applied to ionospheric monitoring. While participants with a basic command of Python language and a foundational understanding of GNSS observable modelling are ideally suited, all
levels of expertise are welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">If you are interested in attending this webinar, please click the button below and register your place now! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">Sincerely,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003247">Vicente Navarro on behalf of your GSSC Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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