DIAS is a pan-European distributed information server providing information on the ionospheric conditions over Europe. The system is capable of supporting the acquisition, elaboration, evaluation, dissemination and archiving of the ionospheric observations currently obtained from seven European ionospheric stations operating in Athens, Rome, Juliusruh, Chilton, Ebre, Pruhonice, and Lycksele, serving the development of value added products and services which concern: i) the ionospheric specification in real time, at single-station locations (ionograms, f-plots and electron density profiles) and whole Europe (daily plots of the effective sunspot number and ionospheric nowcasting maps of foF2, M(3000)F2, MUF and electron density), ii) short-term ionospheric forecasting up to 24h ahead for foF2 at single-station locations and for the whole area in terms of European maps and iii) long-term ionospheric prediction maps of foF2, M(3000)F2 and MUF for the European area.
DIAS products and services are designed to support the continuous and reliable performance of applications that use radio propagation and are affected by space weather. In particular ionospheric disturbances affect mainly the following systems: the VLF-LF Communication and Navigation, HF Communications, HF Broadcasting, OTH Radar Surveillance, Satellite Communication, Satellite Navigation, Spaced-based Radar and Imaging. Considering the range of applications influenced by ionospheric effects, the community of DIAS potential users is quite extensive. The top users of DIAS are the Defense Industry, the Aviation Industry (both civil and military), the Civil HF Broadcast Operators, the Upper Atmosphere Researchers and Amateur Radio Operators.
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