Raising public awareness of space weather- induced effects on GNSS performance and operation in Croatia

Space weather and ionospheric effects are the major sources of the GNSS performance degradations and disruptions. The general public, comprising numerous individual GNSS users, has so far developed a very modest understanding of space weather-induced GNSS vulnerabilities. Here we present the recent developments in raising the public awareness of the space weather and ionospheric effects on GNSS performance and operation in Croatia. The actions taken include the introduction of multidisciplinary academic courses, organisation of the seminars for the general public, and the establishment of the national space weather and GNSS information web-site.