Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-941-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-941-2023
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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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on amt-2022-198', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Oct 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Kevin Nelson, 24 Nov 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on amt-2022-198', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Oct 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Kevin Nelson, 24 Nov 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Kevin Nelson on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Nov 2022) by Roeland Van Malderen
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Dec 2022)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Dec 2022)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Jan 2023) by Roeland Van Malderen
AR by Kevin Nelson on behalf of the Authors (26 Jan 2023)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (27 Jan 2023) by Roeland Van Malderen
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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.