GNSS as Signals-of-Opportunity for Ionosphere, Atmosphere, Earth Surface Remote Sensing: A Public Hybrid Seminar by Prof Jade Morton

This hybrid seminar event is an opportunity to hear from internationally renowned GNSS leader Professor Jade Morton on the latest research advances in GNSS.

Join us in person (at RMIT University city campus, Melbourne) or online (Teams) to listen, with time for audience questions and discussion.

* In-person: RMIT University, Building 80, Level 8, room 11, 435-457 Swanston Street, Melbourne CBD
* Online: MS Teams meeting

Schedule

* 11:00 Acknowledgement of Country and Introduction [Prof Matt Duckham]
* 11:10 GNSS as Signals-of-Opportunity for Ionosphere, Atmosphere, Earth Surface Remote Sensing [Prof Jade Morton]
* 11:40 Questions and discussion [Audience online and in person]
* 12:00 Event closes (with opportunity for further informal discussion with the speaker for in-person attendees)

Abstract

GPS/GNSS has impacted nearly every aspect of our modern society. Yet, it relies on extremely low power signals traversing a vast space to reach the Earth surface. Numerous factors interfere with the signals along their propagation path, including ionosphere plasma, moisture in the lower troposphere, multipath reflections from Earth surface, and intentional and unintentional radio frequency sources.  These nuisance factors enable satellite navigation signals to function as signals-of-opportunity for low cost, distributed, passive sensing of the signal propagation environments.  

This presentation will discuss the latest research work in the Satellite Navigation and Sensing Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder in applying satellite navigation signals for space weather monitoring, atmospheric profiling, ocean wind retrieval, precision altimetry measurements over ocean, sea ice, inland water bodies, and land cover, and radio frequency interference detections.  Both ground-based GNSS networks and spaceborne radio occultation and reflectometry receiver technologies will also be covered.

Biography

Jade Morton is Helen and Hubert Croft Professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. Her research expertise lies at the intersection of satellite navigation technologies and remote sensing of the ionosphere, troposphere, and Earth surface. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Prof Morton is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Institute of Navigation, and UK’s Royal Institute of Navigation.