Generalized canonical transform method for radio occultation sounding with improved retrieval in the presence of horizontal gradients

Gorbunov, Michael; Kirchengast, Gottfried; Lauritsen, Kent B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-853-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-853-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-853-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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03 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 03 Feb 2021

Generalized canonical transform method for radio occultation sounding with improved retrieval in the presence of horizontal gradients

Michael Gorbunov, Gottfried Kirchengast, and Kent B. Lauritsen

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of amt-2020-147', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Responce to the comments of Reviewer #1', Michael Gorbunov, 02 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Generalized Canonical Transform method for radio occultation sounding with improved retrieval in the presence of horizontal gradients', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Responce to the comments of Reviewer #2', Michael Gorbunov, 02 Oct 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Michael Gorbunov on behalf of the Authors (02 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Oct 2020) by Peter Alexander

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (08 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 Oct 2020)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (29 Oct 2020) by Peter Alexander

AR by Michael Gorbunov on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2020) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Dec 2020) by Peter Alexander

AR by Michael Gorbunov on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2020) Manuscript

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Michael Gorbunov on behalf of the Authors (01 Feb 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (01 Feb 2021) by Peter Alexander

Short summary

Currently, the canonical transform (CT) approach to the processing of radio occultation observations is widely used. For the spherically symmetric atmosphere, the applicability of this method can be strictly proven. However, in the presence of horizontal gradients, this approach may not work. Here we introduce a generalization of the CT method in order to reduce the errors due to horizontal gradients.