The primary objectives of the laboratory include: Planning, organizing, and conducting fundamental and applied research in ionospheric physics and solar-terrestrial relations utilizing ground-based ionosonde data, global solar activity databases, and near-Earth space environment data: – monitoring of the state of the ionosphere by ground-based radio sounding; – study of ionospheric dynamics and climatic trends of ionospheric parameters based on ground-based ionospheric radio sounding data; – study of ionospheric effects under the influence of disturbing factors of various origins (solar flares, geomagnetic storms, meteorological and geodynamic processes, disturbances in the thermal and dynamic regime of the Earth's atmosphere/ionosphere, etc.); – creation, maintenance, and replenishment of the ionospheric database; – research and experimental development for the improvement of ionospheric models; – development of algorithms and technologies for the use of ionospheric data in the calculation of high-frequency (HF) ground-based communication links in the Kazakhstan region; – development of relations and implementation of programs within the framework of international projects;

Head of the laboratory