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Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1887-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1887-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 8, issue 4
Research article
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24 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 24 Apr 2015

The Radio Occultation Processing Package, ROPP

I. D. Culverwell, H. W. Lewis, D. Offiler, C. Marquardt, and C. P. Burrows

Abstract. This paper describes the Radio Occultation Processing Package, ROPP, a product of the EUMETSAT Radio Occultation Meteorology Satellite Application Facility (ROM SAF) developed by a large number of scientists over many years. A brief review of the concepts, functionality and structure of ROPP is followed by more detailed descriptions of its key capabilities. Example results from a full chain of processing using some of the ROPP tools are presented. Some current and prospective uses of ROPP are given. Instructions on how to access the code and its supporting documentation are provided.

How to cite. Culverwell, I. D., Lewis, H. W., Offiler, D., Marquardt, C., and Burrows, C. P.: The Radio Occultation Processing Package, ROPP, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 1887–1899, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1887-2015, 2015.
Received: 22 Oct 2014 – Discussion started: 06 Jan 2015 – Revised: 16 Mar 2015 – Accepted: 18 Mar 2015 – Published: 24 Apr 2015
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This paper describes the Radio Occultation Processing Package, ROPP, which is a suite of freely available programs provided by EUMETSAT for the processing of radio occultation data. Its capabilities are briefly reviewed, and examples of its use are given. Some current and prospective uses of ROPP are listed.
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