The total electron content (TEC) over the Iberian Peninsula was modeled using a PCA-based models based on the decomposition of the observed TEC series using the principal component analysis (PCA) and reconstruction of the daily modes’ amplitudes either by a multiple linear regression model (MRM) or neural networks (NN) using several types of space weather parameters as regressors/predictors: proxies for the solar UV and XR fluxes, number of the solar flares of different types, parameters of the solar wind and of the interplanetary magnetic field, and geomagnetic indices. Lags of 1 and 2 days between the TEC and space weather parameters are used. The general performance of the PCA-MRM and PCA-NN models is tested for different months and in different space weather conditions.

We present the results of the analysis of the reliability of ionosphere TEC values produced by the GNSS receiver installed at the Lisbon airport (Portugal), since 2015. The installed equipment is a NovAtel EURO4 with a JAVAD Choke-Ring antenna. The installed firmware (SCINDA) is specific for scintillation detection. We did a comparison of the SCINDA line-of-sight TEC values with the observed vertical TEC data collected (using ionosonde) by the Ebro Observatory in Spain, and with the vertical TEC values produced using the software developed in the Royal Observatory of Belgium. The differences between the ionosonde-based and GNSS-based TEC and sources of these differences are discussed. In this study special attention was paid to the epochs accompanied by significant Space Weather events strongly affected the ionosphere and the quality of the GNSS positioning.