Sentences with phrase «radio occultation measurements»

In a novel application of space - based atmospheric measurements, Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), in collaboration with GeoOptics Inc., is investigating the use of radio occultation measurements to improve severe weather forecasting.

Space - based GNSS radio occultation measurements onboard satellites such as CHAMP, GRACE, and Formosat3 / COSMIC are well suited to detect such ionization enhancements in the bottomside ionosphere.

To evaluate the reliability of radio occultation measurements and to study precipitation processes in more detail, coordinated EISCAT measurements would be useful.

Due to the high value of radio occultation measurements for monitoring the current tropospheric weather conditions, a follow on mission of COSMIC / Formosat is planned which will provide a huge database for ionosphere sounding.

Using radio occultation measurement to reconstruct the electron density profiles in the E region, Mayer & Jakowski (2009) have collected cases when the maximum density of the E region exceeds that of the F2 - layer.