High-Level Project Summary
Project focused on modeling the density of the ionosphere, based on the interaction of solar radiation with her ions. Our differentiator is that we make use of API'S (Application programming interfaces), to model in high spatial and temporal resolution the change in density during the course of the day of the ionosphere. Giving us accurate and updated information for professional or educational implementation.
Detailed Project Description
How we made it?
We created an Augmented Reality application for iOS and iPadOS devices using the Swift programming language and ARKit. The input of data came from a myriad of sources, namely solar weather, and satellite APIs.
How does it work?
The performance of our app is based on the augmented reality projection of our planet with its respective ionosphere. Here the special thing is that we will take data in real time of the solar radiation in order to see in which part during the course of the day our ionosphere is more dense and in which part is less dense.
What contributions it can offer?
In this area, the areas of contribution of our application would be social, in the first place, we can mention the optimization of teaching methods on this subject, since it is an idea that takes considerable time to analyze and understand one hundred percent. Therefore, by having this type of resources, the duration of the learning process can be reduced. Specifically, and continuing with this same idea, the range of students whose learning could be improved would be mostly students in the areas of metallurgy or aeronautics. Secondly, knowing which part of the ionosphere is denser in a given time interval can help professionals in this field to save time and avoid complex density calculations.
Space Agency Data
After some time of doing research focused on the delimitation of our topic we realized that to carry out the development of our project we could use various types of resources provided by the space agency such as:
-Nasa eliophysics data.
-Ionosonde Article (By: South African National Space Agency (SANSA))
Which we used mainly for the understanding of the relationship between the sun, the ionosphere and the emitted radio waves.
Hackathon Journey
Our experience was quite enjoyable, as to tell the truth it was something that put our capabilities to the limit and was constantly demanding us to give the best of ourselves in each of the parts that make up the development of our challenge. Not to mention, this event really gave us more knowledge focused on the correct resolution of problems. Finally, I would like to thank NASA for carrying out this type of initiative because it undoubtedly fosters development within the participating companies.
References
1) Satellite APIs:
N2YO.com API. (s. f.). Recuperado 2 de octubre de 2022, de https://www.n2yo.com/api/
a2) Solar Radiation APIs:
OpenWeatherMap.org. (s. f.). Solar radiation API - OpenWeatherMap. Recuperado 2 de octubre de 2022, de https://openweathermap.org/api/solar-radiation#:%7E:text=Solar%20Radiation%20API%20is%20designed,Sky%20and%20Cloudy%20Sky%20models.
3) NASA Heliophysics topics:
NASA Heliophysics | Science Mission Directorate. (s. f.). Recuperado 2 de octubre de 2022, de https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics
4) SANSA Ionospher information:
Doug Taylor . (s. f.). Sandims. SANDIMS. Recuperado 2 de octubre de 2022, de https://sandims.sansa.org.za/
Tags
#NASA-Challenge, #NASAadvances