JOINT WEBINAR WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
The Solar-Terrestrial Interaction, the Ionosphere, and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
Speaker:
Professor Abdelhaq M Hamza
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Date: Monday, 26 February 2024
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Abstract:
In this seminar, we will describe quantitively how solar activity affects the Sun-Earth System and more specifically the ionosphere, how the ionosphere affects GNSS, and how these interactions can be understood by analysing data recorded by ground-based instruments. We will primarily focus on the impact of the turbulent ionosphere on radio wave propagation.
Biography:
Professor Abdelhaq M Hamza was born and raised in Algeria where he obtained his first university degree in theoretical physics from the USTHB. He moved to Cambridge, MA, USA, where he obtained an MSc and a PhD in theoretical plasma physics from MIT. He spent two years at Cornell University as a postdoctoral fellow before moving to Western University and the University of New Brunswick in Canada, respectively, where he holds the position of professor of physics.
All faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.