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ARPL - Aeronomy and Radiopropagation Laboratory at ICTP
Secretariat:
The Aeronomy and Radiopropagation Laboratory of the ICTP is located on the second floor of the Galileo Guest House.
The postal address is:
ICTP, Aeronomy and Radiopropagation Laboratory (ARPL)
Strada Costiera 11
I-34151 Trieste (Italy)
For any further information, please contact the group's secretary:
Ms. Stanka Tanaskovic (MLab)
Phone: (+39) 040 2249 911
Fax: n/a
E-mail:
arpl@ictp.it
Head:
ICTP's ARPL head is Sandro M. Radicella.
ARPL Website:
Up to date information on all ARPL research, job opportunities as well as visiting scientists, post-docs and external consultants of the Aeronomy and Radiopropagation Laboratory can be obtained from http://arpl.ictp.it and http://wireless.ictp.it.
Research activities:
Aeronomy is an interdisciplinary field of science that deals with the physics and chemistry
of the upper atmosphere of the Earth and other planets under the effects of magnetic fields
and electromagneticand corpuscular radiation from space. The word "Aeronomy" created by
Sidney Chapman was officially introduced during the General Assembly of the International
Union of Geodesy and Geophysics held in Rome in 1954. The highly variable characteristics
of the aeronomic environment under the effects of the solar radiation changes give rise to
one of the main components which is knownas "space weather".
The research activities of ARPL are divided into studies on
- Ionosphere electron concentration and total electron content modelling
- NeQuick model validation and improvement
- International Reference Ionosphere Task Force Activities
- Experimental data analysis - Ionospheric scintillation
- Experimentaldata analysis a model validation
- Satellite navigation systems effects
Besides the in-house research activities, the ARPL section hosts each year conferences, schools and workshops. This knowledge is also transferred to scientists of developing countries through joint research.