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Review article
| 
23 Oct 2018
Review article |
| 23 Oct 2018
| 23 Oct 2018
The FengYun-3C radio occultation sounder GNOS: a review of the mission and its early results and science applications
Yueqiang Sun
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China
Weihua Bai
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China
Congliang Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Yan Liu
National Meteorological Center, Chinese Meteorological Administration,
Beijing, China
Qifei Du
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China
Xianyi Wang
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Guanglin Yang
National Satellite Meteorological Center, Chinese Meteorological
Administration, Beijing, China
Mi Liao
National Satellite Meteorological Center, Chinese Meteorological
Administration, Beijing, China
Zhongdong Yang
National Satellite Meteorological Center, Chinese Meteorological
Administration, Beijing, China
Xiaoxin Zhang
National Satellite Meteorological Center, Chinese Meteorological
Administration, Beijing, China
Xiangguang Meng
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Danyang Zhao
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Junming Xia
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Yuerong Cai
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Gottfried Kirchengast
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WEGC) and Institute for
Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology/Institute of Physics, University
of Graz, Graz, Austria
Joint Laboratory on Occultations for Atmosphere and Climate (JLOAC) of NSSC/CAS, Beijing, China, and University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, National Space
Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSSC/CAS), Beijing, China
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Short summary
The GNSS Occultation Sounder (GNOS) is one of the new-generation payloads on board the Chinese FengYun 3 (FY-3) series of operational meteorological satellites for sounding the Earth’s neutral atmosphere and ionosphere. FY-3C GNOS, on board the FY-3 series C satellite launched in September 2013, was designed to acquire setting and rising radio occultation (RO) data by using GNSS signals from both the Chinese BDS and the US GPS. This paper reviews the FY-3C GNOS mission.
The GNSS Occultation Sounder (GNOS) is one of the new-generation payloads on board the Chinese...
