Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2213-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2213-2018
Research article
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18 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 18 Apr 2018

Improved model for correcting the ionospheric impact on bending angle in radio occultation measurements

Matthew J. Angling, Sean Elvidge, and Sean B. Healy

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AR by M. J. Angling on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Jan 2018) by Anthony Mannucci
RR by Norbert Jakowski (08 Feb 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Feb 2018)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Mar 2018) by Anthony Mannucci
AR by M. J. Angling on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
GPS radio occultation (GPS-RO) is a method of probing the atmosphere using GPS signals. Such measurements can be assimilated into operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems and can reduce stratospheric temperature biases. This indicates that they could have an important role in climate monitoring and climate reanalyses. However, the measurements must be corrected to account for the effects of the ionosphere and this paper proposes an enhanced correction that removes residual biases.