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    Assessing The Impact Of Severe Space Weather On Satellite Positioning And Navigation
    (Busitema University, 2024) Adriko, Norbert Bakole
    The accuracy and dependability of the Global Positioning System (GPS) can be severely impacted by severe space weather occurrences. This work explores the measurement of GPS variability during such situations using the Dilution of Precision (DOP) metric. The diurnal fluctuation of DOP under quiet space weather conditions was determined by analyzing GPS data collected during a selected severe space weather event. According to findings, there was no noticeable increase in DOP values during the severe space weather event, which suggests that the sources where I obtained the data did not register the geomagnetic storm event. Throughout the event, the pattern of diurnal fluctuation is also disturbed. The results show that DOP is a useful tool for evaluating GPS variability and emphasize the significance of taking space weather effects into account when evaluating GPS performance. The findings of this study have consequences for GPS users and operators, especially in situations when high accuracy and reliability such as navigation, precision agriculture, and emergency response.