GNSS radio occultation soundings from commercial off-the-shelf receivers on board balloon platforms

Nelson, Kevin J.; Xie, Feiqin; Chan, Bryan C.; Goel, Ashish; Kosh, Jonathan; Reid, Tyler G. R.; Snyder, Corey R.; Tarantino, Paul M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-941-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-941-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-941-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Research article

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23 Feb 2023

Research article |

| 23 Feb 2023

GNSS radio occultation soundings from commercial off-the-shelf receivers on board balloon platforms

Kevin J. Nelson, Feiqin Xie, Bryan C. Chan, Ashish Goel, Jonathan Kosh, Tyler G. R. Reid, Corey R. Snyder, and Paul M. Tarantino

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GNSS Radio Occultation Soundings from Commercial Off-the-Shelf Receivers Onboard Balloon Platforms Kevin J. Nelson, Feiqin Xie, Bryan C. Chan, Ashish Goel, Jonathan Kosh, Tyler G. R. Reid, Corey R. Snyder, and Paul M. Tarantino https://doi.org/10.25921/ex5z-7r81

Short summary

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) radio occultation (RO) remote sensing is effective for atmospheric profiling. The capability of a low-cost and scalable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) GNSS receiver on board high-altitude balloons is tested in two campaigns. Preliminary results demonstrate high-quality refractivity observations from the COTS RO receiver, which is worth further improvement for dense atmospheric observations over a targeted region.