International Heliophysical Year: GPS Network in Africa

Christine Amory-Mazaudier (1) , S. Basu (2) , Olivier Bock (3) , A. Combrink , K. Groves (4) , T. Fuller Rowell (5) , Patrick Lassudrie-Duchesne (6) , Monique Petitdidier (3) , E. Yizengaw (7)

1 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
2 BU - Boston University [Boston]
3 SPACE - LATMOS
4 AFB - Hanscom Air Force Base
5 SWPC - NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
6 ENSTB - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications Bretagne
7 IGPP - Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics [Los Angeles]

The main scientific objectives of the International Heliophysical Year are to discover and study all the physical processes coupling the Earth to the Sun. During the IHY a number of scientific instruments are being deployed all over the world. This brief report presents the scientific objectives, the GPS receiver network over Africa and the long lasting research planned for the next decades in Africa

Mots clés: Heliophysics; Africa; Sun-Earth connections; GPS receivers

Domaines: Astrophysique stellaire et solaire [astro-ph.SR]; Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]

Christine Amory-Mazaudier, S. Basu, Olivier Bock, A. Combrink, K. Groves, et al.. International Heliophysical Year: GPS Network in Africa. Earth, Moon, and Planets, 2009, 104 (1-4), pp.263-270. ⟨10.1007/s11038-008-9273-8⟩. ⟨hal-00369396⟩