Overview
- Editors:
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Ulrich Foelsche
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WegCenter), University of Graz, Graz
Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology (IGAM), University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Gottfried Kirchengast
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WegCenter), University of Graz, Graz
Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology (IGAM), University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Andrea Steiner
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WegCenter), University of Graz, Graz
Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology (IGAM), University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Future GNSS Occultation Missions and the LEO-LEO Occultation Concept
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- M. E. Gorbunov, G. Kirchengast
Pages 183-192
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Use of GNSS Occultation Data in Numerical Weather Prediction and in Atmospheric Studies
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Front Matter
Pages 193-193
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- S. Syndergaard, Y.-H. Kuo, M. S. Lohmann
Pages 205-224
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- A. G. Pavelyev, J. Wickert, Y. A. Liou, A. A. Pavelyev, C. Jacobi
Pages 225-241
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- A. de la Torre, P. Alexander, C. G. Menéndez
Pages 243-252
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- B. Bizzarri, I. Bordi, A. Dell’Aquila, M. Petitta, T. Schmidt, A. Sutera et al.
Pages 253-263
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- A. von Engeln, J. Teixeira, J. Wickert, S. A. Buehler
Pages 265-272
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Use of GNSS Occultation Data for Climate Monitoring and Climate Change Studies
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Front Matter
Pages 273-273
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- S. S. Leroy, J. A. Dykema, J. G. Anderson
Pages 287-301
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- U. Foelsche, A. Gobiet, A. K. Steiner, M. Borsche, J. Wickert, T. Schmidt et al.
Pages 303-314
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- M. Borsche, A. Gobiet, A. K. Steiner, U. Foelsche, G. Kirchengast, T. Schmidt et al.
Pages 315-323
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- A. Löscher, G. Kirchengast
Pages 325-334
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Back Matter
Pages 335-336
About this book
Since the early use of the occultation measurement principle for sounding pla- tary atmospheres and ionospheres, its exploitation in atmospheric remote sensing has seen tremendous advances. In this book we focus on sensors on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, which exploit solar, lunar, stellar, GNSS (Global Navi- tion Satellite Systems), and LEO-crosslink signals for observing the Earth's - mosphere and climate. The methods all share the key properties of self-calibration, high accuracy and vertical resolution, global coverage, and (if using radio signals) all-weather ca- bility. The atmospheric parameters obtained extend from the fundamental va- ables temperature, density, pressure and water vapor via trace gases, aerosols and cloud liquid water to ionospheric electron density. Occultation data are therefore of high value in a wide range of fields including climate monitoring and research, atmospheric physics and chemistry, operational meteorology, and ionospheric physics. nd The 2 International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate – OPAC-2 – was held September 13–17, 2004, in Graz, Austria. OPAC-2 aimed at providing a casual forum and stimulating atmosphere fertilizing scientific discourse, co-operation initiatives, and mutual learning and support amongst members of all different occultation communities. The workshop was attended by 40 participants from 12 different countries who actively contributed to a scientific programme of high quality and to an excellent workshop atmosphere, which was judged by the participants to have fully met the aims expressed.
Editors and Affiliations
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WegCenter), University of Graz, Graz
Ulrich Foelsche,
Gottfried Kirchengast,
Andrea Steiner
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Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology (IGAM), University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Ulrich Foelsche,
Gottfried Kirchengast,
Andrea Steiner