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IGS Validation and Combination Centre
In 2007, together with entrusting the function of the Chairman of the IGS Ionosphere Committee and the Coordinator of all ionospheric products of the IGS to prof. Andrzej Krankowski at the Satellite Observatory in Lamkówko, the IGS/UWM Ionosphere Validation and Combination Centre was created.
It is the first and so far the only Center of this rank in Poland. It is the manufacturer of all final ionospheric products of the IGS. The Centre coordinates the work of up to 8 large IGS Analysis Centres:
Europe
- CODE, University of Bern, Switzerland,
- UPC, Polytechnic University of Barcelona, Spain,
- ESA, European Space Agency, Germany,
- TU Munich, Technical University of Munich, Germany,
USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Pasadena, USA,
Canada
- NRCan/EMR, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada,
China
- CAS, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chińska Akademia Nauk, Pekin, China,
- WHU, Wuhan University, China.