Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-111-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-111-2018
Research article
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10 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2018

Wave-optics uncertainty propagation and regression-based bias model in GNSS radio occultation bending angle retrievals

Michael E. Gorbunov and Gottfried Kirchengast

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We study the systematic discreapancies between atmospheric refractivity derived from radio occulation (RO) sounding of the Earth's atmosphere and the reanalyses of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. We construct a regression-based bias model. The model can be used for the RO data propagation in the new reference occultation processing system (rOPS) including the uncertainty propagation through the retrieval chain.