Set up on April 8, 1996.
Its primary research areas are:
- fundamental studies of acousto-electromagnetic interactions in the atmosphere and ionosphere; measurements of electromagnetic field parameters in conducting media (space plasma, sea water); development of novel information technologies, primary gauges and systems for measuring physical field parameters and data processing.
The Center consists of research departments, a pilot production division and service facilities. Research departments carry out investigations along such lines:
- studying the acoustic channel of lithosphere-ionosphere and sun-earth interactions: development of respective devices (head S. O. Soroka, Cand. Eng.);
- electromagnetic studies in conducting medium and sensorics (head V. Ye. Korepanov, Acad. of the International Academy of Astrounautics, Dr. Eng.;
- airborne systems of information acquisition and processing (head A. A. Lukeniuk, Cand. Eng.).
Major research achievements and developemnts of the Center:
The concept of the first international experiment Variant on board Sych-1M man-made Earth satellite was developed and implemented (launched on December 24, 2004). For the first time ever, direct measurements of the density of space current in plasma were made.
The effect of solar flares on atmospheric ultrasound was discovered; the concept of the interaction model of solar activity and atmospheric ultrasound was developed; unique ground-space experiments, in particular with DEMETER French satellite, were made.
Proposed was a generalized approach to recognizing signals earthquake precursors, appearing when structural changes and anomalies occur in the Earth crust.
A new physical effect gamma-magnetic normalization of alloys with high magnetic permeability was found and studied experimentally.
The concepts and implementation plans of Ionosphere and Potential ground-space experiments were developed. Respective technical documents were prepared. The experiments were included in the National Space Research Program of Ukraine.
The first national on-board system of information acquisition and processing was developed and its software produced.
Introduction of research results to practice:
A new generation of long-term and broad-band magnetotellurinic stations to study the Earth crust structure was commercialized at geology enterprizes.
A new basic version of the magnetometer for the Intermagnet world network was produced and successfully tested in Belgium.
Measuring devices, in particular magnetometers with unique parameters, were produced and exported to more than 20 countries, including the USA, Japan, Great Britain, Germany.