ESA/ESTEC Space Weather Pilot Project

GIFINT (Geomagnetic Indices Forecasting and Ionospheric Nowcasting Tools)

Work Package 200: Ionosphere Nowcasting Tool


Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)

National Observatory of Athens (NOA)

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL)

Nowcasting Map of the propagation factor M(3000)F2 over Central Mediterranean area derived from the Simplified Ionospheric Regional Model (SIRM) updated by real-time autoscaled M(3000)F2 value measured at Rome ionospheric station at 03:00[UT] (the R12 used to generate the map is then the effective sunspot number)

Nowcasting Map - Date: 20/04/2024 - Time[UT]: 03:00