Earth Atmospheric Profiles Using GPS Occulation

Ivan R. Linscott, David P. Hinson, G. Leonard Tyler, Kenneth R. Hardy

Abstract:	Radio occultation studies of the terrestrial atmosphere are now possible through use of signals transmitted by satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and received by one or more other satellites in low Earth-orbit (LEO). Accurate, high-resolution profiles of vertical sbucture can be retrieved from observations obtained when the radio path between transmitter and receiver traverses the Earth’s atmosphere. The level of performance demonstrated in recent studies of other planetary atmospheres suggests that occultation techniques can improve or extend current capabilities for remote sensing of the terrestrial atmosphere in several important areas.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 5th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1992) September 16 - 18, 1992 Albuquerque, NM
Pages:	331 - 338
Cite this article:	Linscott, Ivan R., Hinson, David P., Tyler, G. Leonard, Hardy, Kenneth R., "Earth Atmospheric Profiles Using GPS Occulation," Proceedings of the 5th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1992), Albuquerque, NM, September 1992, pp. 331-338.
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