COST 296 MIERS: Mitigation of Ionospheric Effects on Radio Systems

Abstract

<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">The COST 296 Action MIERS (Mitigation of Ionospheric Effects on Radio Systems) within the ionospheric</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">community has the objectives, embodied in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to develop an increased</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">knowledge of the effects imposed by the ionosphere on practical radio systems, and the development and implementation</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">of techniques to mitigate the deleterious effects of the ionosphere on such systems. This introductory</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">paper summarizes briefly the background and historical context of COST 296 and outlines the main objectives,</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">working methods and structure. It also lists the participating countries and institutions, the Management Committee</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">(MC) Meetings, the Workshops, Short-term Scientific Missions. In addition, the paper discusses the dissemination</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">activities and the collaboration among the participating institutions and researchers, before outlining</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Times;">the content of the Final Report.</p> <br />

Keywords

• Ionospheric physics and propagation – COST action