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BlackRabbit1 • yesterday at 8:17 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

That's cool.

Reminds me that scientists can use GPS to track earthquakes indirectly as it is interacting with the ionosphere: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-025-02211-y


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BlackRabbit1 • today at 7:09 AM

Addendum: GNSS-R (R=Reflectrometry) is also established science.

This way you can - for example - track water height of a river next to a station. You basically receive the direct GNSS signal and the reflected one. Then do magic math.

Due to the low orbit of the GPS/Galileo/etc. satellites the reflection is basically "scanning" over the area of interest with an ultra precise signal.

It doesn't require super-cooled radio stuff and can be done with off-the-shelf-gear.