GPS-RO

Observing Earth's atmosphere with Radio Occultation measurements using the Global Positioning System

The implementation of Global Positioning System (GPS) network of satellites and the development of small, high-performance instrumentation to receive GPS signals have created an opportunity for active remote sounding of the Earth's atmosphere by Radio Occultation at comparitively low cost.

ACRI - ISITV-Region PACA-ESA - DMI

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JPL Publication : The Application of Spaceborne GPS to atmosppheric Limb Sounding and Global Change Monitoring.
Schematic of the satellite-to-satellite geometry for probing the atmosphere of the Earth
using the radio Occultattion technique.

Result of a study on Radio Occultation-PACA Region student internship

Derivation of atmospheric properties using a Radio Occultation technique(slide presentation)

Study on " multipath " propagation during a radio occultation(slide presentation)

Final Report pdf (53p - 759k)

Software documentation

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