‘ARTEMIS: Advanced Methodology Development for Real-Time Multi-Constellation (BDS, Galileo and GPS) Ionosphere Services’ Project Real-Time Ionospheric Services—Efficiency and Implementation

This article discusses outcomes of the Polish–Chinese project dedicated to establishing multi-GNSS near-real-time ionospheric services. ARTEMIS (Advanced methodology development for Real-Time Multi-constellation (BDS, Galileo and GPS) Ionosphere Services) was a response to increasing GNSS data availability, including Galileo and BeiDou observations on the one hand and growing interest in high-quality ionospheric products on the other. The project resulted in elaborating methodologies to monitor the ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) and its fluctuations (ROTI index) based on a full multi-GNSS approach and establishing pilot real-time web services in a global and regional approach. The project’s outcomes are to be included in the International GNSS Service (IGS) and International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) in the near future. This article presents real-time ionospheric products developed under the ARTEMIS project and evaluates their performance using independent techniques such as DORIS observations and altimetry with regard to other existing products. The Discussion section also includes an evaluation of ARTEMIS products in positioning applications.