Fluctuations of radio occultation signals in sounding the Earth's atmosphere

Kan, Valery; Gorbunov, Michael E.; Sofieva, Viktoria F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-663-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-663-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-663-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

Research article

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06 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2018

Fluctuations of radio occultation signals in sounding the Earth's atmosphere

Valery Kan, Michael E. Gorbunov, and Viktoria F. Sofieva

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to comments of Reviewer #1', Michael Gorbunov, 25 Sep 2017
RC2: 'reply', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to comments of Reviewer #2', Michael Gorbunov, 25 Sep 2017

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AR by Michael Gorbunov on behalf of the Authors (25 Sep 2017) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Oct 2017) by William Ward

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Oct 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (11 Nov 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Nov 2017) by William Ward

AR by Michael Gorbunov on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Dec 2017) by William Ward

AR by Michael Gorbunov on behalf of the Authors (18 Dec 2017)

Short summary

We discuss the relationships that link the observed fluctuation spectra of the amplitude and phase of signals used for the radio occultation sounding of the Earth's atmosphere with the spectra of atmospheric inhomogeneities. We demonstrate that the main contribution into the radio signal fluctuations comes from the internal gravity waves. These results may serve as the basis for the global monitoring of the wave activity in the stratosphere and upper troposphere.