Exploring Earth's atmosphere with radio occultation: contributions to weather, climate and space weather

被引：211
作者：
Anthes, R. A. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Corp Atmospher Res, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
来源：
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES | 2011年 / 4卷 / 06期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
FORECAST IMPACT EXPERIMENT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LATENT-HEAT RELEASE; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; GPS OCCULTATION; MONITORING UTILITY; REFRACTIVITY BIAS; BOUNDARY-LAYER; ERROR ANALYSIS;
D O I：
10.5194/amt-4-1077-2011
中图分类号：
P4 [大气科学（气象学）];
学科分类号：
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要：
The launch of the proof-of-concept mission GPS/MET (Global Positioning System/Meteorology) in 1995 began a revolution in profiling Earth's atmosphere through radio occultation (RO). GPS/MET; subsequent single-satellite missions CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload), SAC-C (Satellite de Aplicaciones CientificasC), GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment), METOP-A, and TerraSAR-X (Beyerle et al., 2010); and the six-satellite constellation, FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (Formosa Satellite mission #3/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate) have proven the theoretical capabilities of RO to provide accurate and precise profiles of electron density in the ionosphere and refractivity, containing information on temperature and water vapor, in the stratosphere and troposphere. This paper summarizes results from these RO missions and the applications of RO observations to atmospheric research and operational weather analysis and prediction.
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页码：1077 / 1103
页数：27
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