Your Smartphone Can Measure Solar Storms! ☀️🧲
Industry researchers found a way to provide better global coverage of what dynamics are occurring in the turbulent ionosphere - a region of Earth's atmosphere that is affected by the Sun's activity. They did this by tapping into GPS signals bouncing back and forth between smartphones and satellites.
Check out my latest #SpaceAustralia article here: https://www.spaceaustralia.com/news/your-smartphone-can-tell-us-about-solar-storms
📸 Kast, Smith, Google Research Software Engineers
#Geomagneticstorms #ionosphere #GPS #Astrodon #Science #Smartphones
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