From paper to production: Status update for the COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7 program

Cook, Kendra L. B.; Wenkel, Michael J.; Fong, Chen-Joe; Yen, Nick; Chang, Guey-Shin

doi:10.1109/aero.2016.7500755

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“…Among them, the radio occultation (RO) using signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) has proven to be a powerful tool that globally provides detailed information about the vertical structure of the atmosphere (e.g., Anthes, 2011;Scherllin-Pirscher et al, 2017). The significance of GPS RO for atmospheric sciences will most likely increase even more in the future, considering growing numbers of planned satellites and related mission projects (e.g., Cook et al, 2016).…”

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Revisiting internal gravity waves analysis using GPS RO density profiles: comparison with temperature profiles and application for wave field stability study

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Abstract. We revise selected findings regarding the utilization of Global Positioning System radio occultation (GPS RO) density profiles for the analysis of internal gravity waves (IGW), introduced by Sacha et al. (2014). Using various GPS RO datasets, we show that the differences in the IGW spectra between the dry-temperature and dry-density profiles that were described in the previous study as a general issue are in fact present in one specific data version only. The differences between perturbations in the temperature and density GPS RO profiles do not have any physical origin, and there is not the information loss of IGW activity that was suggested in Sacha et al. (2014). We investigate the previously discussed question of the temperature perturbations character when utilizing GPS RO dry-temperature profiles, derived by integration of the hydrostatic balance. Using radiosonde profiles as a proxy for GPS RO, we provide strong evidence that the differences in IGW perturbations between the real and retrieved temperature profiles (which are based on the assumption of hydrostatic balance) include a significant nonhydrostatic component that is present sporadically and might be either positive or negative. The detected differences in related spectra of IGW temperature perturbations are found to be mostly about ± 10 %.The paper also presents a detailed study on the utilization of GPS RO density profiles for the characterization of the wave field stability. We have analyzed selected stability parameters derived from the density profiles together with a study of the vertical rotation of the wind direction. Regarding the Northern Hemisphere the results point to the western border of the Aleutian high, where potential IGW breaking is detected. These findings are also supported by an analysis of temperature and wind velocity profiles. Our results confirm advantages of the utilization of the density profiles for IGW analysis.

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