Assimilation of GNSS-R Delay-Doppler Maps into Weather Models

Abstract

First and foremost, I am deeply grateful to my major advisor, Prof. James Garrison, who is accomplished, open-minded and innovative, for the support and guidance during my PhD studies. I would particularly like to thank Prof. Garrison for giving me opportunities of joining the CYGNSS science team, attending various conferences/workshops and having internships. Those experiences gave me chances to communicate with scientists all over the world and helped me become an independent researcher. I would like to acknowledge my committee members, Prof. Robin Tanamachi, Prof. Arthur Frazho and Prof. Dengfeng Sun for their patient instructions on meteorology and mathematics. Special thanks to Prof. Tanamachi for giving a lot of valuable suggestions on my dissertation.