National Institute of Space Research (Brazil)

Name	National Institute for Space Research (NISR)
URL	http://www.inpe.br/climaespacial/
Established	April 2008
ISES Member	October 2008
Organization	Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation National Institute for Space Research Embrace Program
Staff	35 friends (3 executive managers, 1 secretary, 1 administrative staff, 8 advisory board members, 6 permanent forecasters, 9 IT professionals, 7 PhD collaborators)
Person in charge	Joaquim Eduardo Rezende Costa, General Manager of the Embrace Space Weather Program/INPE

Location	São José dos Campos, Brazil
Address	Av. Dos Astronautas, 1758 PO Box 515 São José dos Campos - SP, Brazil 12.201-015
Contact	Joaquim Eduardo Rezende Costa Head of the Embrace Space Weather Program/INPE(joaquim.costa@inpe.br) Tel: +55 12 3208 7285 - Secretary / +55 12 3208 7200 Fax: +55 12 3208 6990
Additional Info	Embrace Mission: To monitor the Sun-Earth environment, the ionosphere and the ground and to forecast potential influences on technological and economic activities. Embrace Products: Sun - Solar activity monitored by isolated radio-telescopes and Solar decimetric array telescope, ranging from 40 MHz to 40 GHz levels the level of solar activity. Solar-terrestrial relationships and Earth´s magnetosphere -cosmic ray fluxes monitored by muons detectors offer clues for the enhancements of the solar activity variability. Ionosphere - radio scintillation, total electron content and several other ionospheric parameters obtained by GPS receivers and ionosondes. Ground - electric and magnetic field sensors to monitor ionospheric currents and ground induced currents during magnetic storms. Database and dissemination - Embrace operation center data are available to the public at http://www.inpe.br/climaespacial.