In addition, the observatory is one of the 110 Data Collection Platform (D.C.P.) stations of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana for automatic weather data gathering and transmission to the METEOSAT satellite. Since 1976 this station has also been equipped for Ionospheric research and it is the most southern station of its kind in Europe. Real time ionograms are recorded by the INGV own developed AIS-INGV ionosonde installed at the station and reported on the INGV ionospheric website.