TY - GEN
T1 - Applications of GPS radio occultation data to weather and climate and the COSMIC mission
AU - Kuo, Ying Hwa
AU - Rocken, Christian
AU - Anthes, Richard A.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The atmospheric limb sounding technique based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) has been shown to be accurate and of very high vertical resolution. The fact that the GPS radio occultation (RO) technique is not affected by clouds or precipitation, has no instrument drift, and requires no calibration makes it ideally suited for climate monitoring and global weather prediction. The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) mission will be launched in late 2005, and will provide ∼2,500 GPS radio occultation soundings per day to support operational weather prediction, climate analysis, and ionospheric research. The EQUARS mission, to be launched in 2006, will add ∼500 soundings in addition to COSMIC. In this paper, we review selected GPS RO studies that are relevant to weather prediction and climate analysis and provide an overview of the COSMIC mission.
AB - The atmospheric limb sounding technique based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) has been shown to be accurate and of very high vertical resolution. The fact that the GPS radio occultation (RO) technique is not affected by clouds or precipitation, has no instrument drift, and requires no calibration makes it ideally suited for climate monitoring and global weather prediction. The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) mission will be launched in late 2005, and will provide ∼2,500 GPS radio occultation soundings per day to support operational weather prediction, climate analysis, and ionospheric research. The EQUARS mission, to be launched in 2006, will add ∼500 soundings in addition to COSMIC. In this paper, we review selected GPS RO studies that are relevant to weather prediction and climate analysis and provide an overview of the COSMIC mission.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/18844371706
U2 - 10.2514/6.2004-6067
DO - 10.2514/6.2004-6067
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:18844371706
SN - 1563477203
SN - 9781563477201
T3 - A Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2004 Conference and Exposition
SP - 1945
EP - 1953
BT - A Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2004 Conference and Exposition
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
T2 - A Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Space 2004 Conference and Exposition
Y2 - 28 September 2004 through 30 September 2004
ER -