Registration, Monday, 31/08/2026, 13:00 –

Welcome, Monday, 31/08/2026, 14:00 – 14:10

14:10

GNSS Space Weather monitoring: from solar flares to global maps of activity proxy (Manuel Hernández-Pajares, UPC, Spain)

14:40

Investigating the transition region between Ionosphere and Plasmasphere using LEO slant TEC (Dr Lucas Schreiter, DGFI-TUM, Germany)

15:00

Ionosphere Monitoring and Prediction Center (IMPC): Near Real-Time Space Weather Monitoring and Applications (Martin Kriegel, DLR-SO, Germany)

15:20

Interactive and Visual Exploration of Space Weather Model Data (Joshua Reibert, DLR-DW, Germany)

15:40

Coffee break

16:30

Tec retrieval from sub-orbital rocket flight data for ionospheric E-layer detection (Maximilian Semmling, DLR-SO, Germany)

16:50

Detection and analysis of traveling ionospheric disturbances at mid-latitudes over Europe using combination of Global Navigation Satellite System and all-sky imager observations (Joanna Kanska, Gdansk University, Poland)

17:10

Studying Ionospheric Anomalies with Altimeter-Derived TEC Maps and the NeQuick Model (Francisco Azpilicueta, Universidad Nacional de La Plata CONICET, Argentina)

17:30

Observed TEC gradients over South Africa during ionospheric storm (Tshimangadzo Matamba, SANSA, South Africa)

17:50

AI Foundation Models and GNSS Reflectometry:  Earth System Modelling and Forecast (Milad Asgarimehr, GFZ Potsdam, Germany)

18:10

END

09:00

Plasma dynamics in the terrestrial magnetosphere (Elena Kronberg, LMU, Germany)

09:30

The Advanced Ionospheric Data Assimilation (AIDA) model as a real-time model of TEC (Benjamin Reid, University of Birmingham SERENE, United Kingdom)

09:50

In-Situ Observations and IRI Predictions of the Equatorial Upper Transition Height (UTH) at Low Solar Activity (Fabricio Prol, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland)

10:10

Machine learning-based TEC forecast models comparison during quiet and perturbed ionospheric conditions (Marjolijn Adolfs, DLR-SO, Germany)

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Ionosphere modelling activities at DLR (Mainul Hoque, DLR-SO, Germany)

11:20

Development of Optimized Az Coefficient for the NTCM-G Ionospheric Correction Model (Mario Moreno, DLR-SO, Germany)

11:40

Physical Insights into Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly Crest and Model Evaluation (Melessew Gereme, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia)

12:00

Near Real-Time Global Ionospheric TEC Map Forecasting Using Deep Learning for GNSS Applications (Grzegorz Nykiel, DLR-SO, Germany)

12:20

Development of a TEC model delivering the expected range of IGS TEC observations

(Bijaya Mandal, DLR-SO, Germany)

12:40

Characteristics of slant sporadic-E layers observed at low-latitudes (Peter Taiwo Muka, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba – Univap, Brazil)

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Ionospheric disturbance indices from PPP-RTK corrections for Network-RTK and PPP-RTK users and ionospheric research (Lambert Wanninger, TU Dresden, Germany)

14:30

Characterizing ionospheric perturbations by using the Gradient Ionosphere indeX (GIX) (Norbert Jakowski, DLR-SO, Germany)

14:50

GNSS-Based Ionospheric Monitoring and Warning Services for the Baltic Region (Juan Andrés Cahuasquí, DLR-SO, Germany)

15:10

Supporting GNSS positioning using the Gradient Ionosphere index (Grzegorz Nykiel, DLR-SO, Germany)

15:30

Stochastic ionospheric models for precise GNSS positioning: Statistical testing (Jinling Wang, University of New South Wales, Australia)

15:50

Coffee Break 

09:00

Cross-Validation of Equatorial Plasma Bubble Signatures Using GNSS ground based data, Spaceborne In-Situ Measurements, and Ionosondes (Tommaso Lo Presti, GFZ Potsdam, Germany)

09:20

High-latitude scintillation model for GISM: modeling and validation (Dmytro Vasylyev, DLR-SO, Germany)

09:40

Modelling and Detection of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Using Simulated GNSS Observations (Sana Shaukat, DLR-SO, Germany)

10:00

Bridging Space Weather and Air GNSS Navigation: enhancing GBAS performance using IMPC products (Leonardo Marini-Pereira, DLR-KN, Germany)

10:20

Coffee Break

11:00

Analysis of EPB-induced Scintillation Stripes in L-Band SAR Images (Markus Adam, DLR-HR, Germany)

11:20

A fair and square accounting of the Ionosphere in GNSS performance monitoring (Katharina Lutz, DLR-GK, Germany)

11:40

Multi-instrument and Multi-station Observations of Ionospheric Irregularities in the East-Asia Sector (Lung-Chih Tsai, National Central University, Taiwan)

12:00

Performance evaluation of the UWMG global ionospheric model, Paweł Wielgosz (UWM, Poland)

12:30

Estimate impact of Higher-Order Ionospheric corrections in Low Earth Orbit Precise Orbit Determination (Florian Zus, GFZ Potsdam, Germany)

12:50

Lunch

14:00

Ionospheric Density and Currents, GNSS and Magnetograms - the Swedish view with the Swarm satellites, Lantmäteriets SWEPOS and SGU magnetometers (Stephan Buchert, IRF Upplsala, Sweden)

14:30

Assessment and Correction of Contaminated TED Particle Fluxes from POES and Metop (Jan Maik Wissing, DLR-SO, Germany)

14:50

Ionospheric Scintillation Impact on Carrier Tracking Phase Jitter: A Dual-Receiver Study at Tenerife Norte Airport (Babu Sree Harsha Pasumarthi, DLR-SO, Germany)

15:10

Evolution of Solar Wind between the L1 point and Earth's Bow Shock location (Samira Tasnim, DLR-SO, Germany)

15:30

Coffee Break

16:00

Multi-Source Ionospheric Correction Assessment for Adaptive Maritime GNSS Positioning (Hakan Uyanik, DLR-KN, Germany)

16:20

Real-Time GNSS Monitoring of Low-Latitude Scintillation and RFI (Tung-Yuan Hsiao, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

16:40

GNSS radio-occultation with the ESA Genesis mission (Gilles Wautelet, University of Liège, Belgium)

17:00

GNSS-Reflectometry sea ice detection from sub-orbital rocket flight (Georges Stienne, University of the Littoral Opal Coast, France)

18:00

Workshop Dinner

9:00

The impact of the Blue Monday ionospheric storm on the accuracy of broadcast ionosphere models (Paweł Wielgosz, UWM, Poland)

9:20

Bridging the gap between the Earth's ionosphere and plasmasphere (Artem Smirnov, GFZ Potsdam, Germany)

9:40

Long-term changes in the D, E and F region ionosphere over Europe (Sivakandan Mani, IAP Kühlungsborn, Germany)

10:00

Long-term trends of ionospheric ionization and structure (Norbert Jakowski, DLR-SO, Germany)

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Ionospheric Risk Classification for RTK Surveying Using a Quantile-Based Composite Indicator (Atis Vallis, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Latvia)

11:20

Using remote-sensing techniques to improve solar energetic proton event forecasting (Janna Martens, DLR-SO, Germany)

11:40

Closing Workshop

12:00

END

Performance analysis of 4DSMART+, SMART+, NeQuick, NEDM and IonoMAP based estimations of topside ionosphere and plasmasphere during disturbed ionospheric conditions (Tatjana Gerzen, DGFI-TU, Germany)

Disturbance analysis of ship-based GNSS data recorded in the Western Baltic Sea: Rate-Of-Tec Index and Carrier-to-Noise ratio (Hanna Dühnen, DLR-SO, Germany)

Space weather products for precise GNSS applications (WeGA) (Mainul Hoque, DLR-SO, Germany)