Atmosphere and Climate Studies by Occultation Methods
Since the early use of the occultation measurement principle for sounding pla- tary atmospheres and ionospheres, its exploitation in atmospheric remote sensing has seen tremendous advances. In this book we focus on sensors on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satelli
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Ulrich Foelsche Gottfried Kirchengast Andrea Steiner Editors
Atmosphere and Climate Studies by Occultation Methods With 134 Figures, 21 in color
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Dr. Ulrich Foelsche Prof. Gottfried Kirchengast Dr. Andrea Steiner Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WegCenter) University of Graz Leechgasse 25 8010 Graz and Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology (IGAM) University of Graz Universitätsplatz 5 8010 Graz Austria
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3-540-34116-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 978-3-540-34116-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface Since the early use of the occultation measurement principle for sounding planetary atmospheres and ionospheres, its exploitation in atmospheric remote sensing has seen tremendous advances. In this book we focus on sensors on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, which exploit solar, lunar, stellar, GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems), and LEO-crosslink signals for observing the Earth's atmosphere and climate. The methods all share the key properties of self-calibration, high accuracy and vertical resolution, global coverage, and (if using radio signals) all-weather capability. The atmospheric parameters obtained extend from the fundamental variables temperature, density, pressure and water vapor via trace gases, aerosols and cloud liquid water to ionospheric electron density. Occultation data are therefore of high value in a wide range of fields including climate monitoring and research, atmospheric physics and chemistry, operational meteorology, and ionospheric physics. The 2nd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate – OPAC-2 – was held September 13–17, 2004, in Graz, Austria. OPAC-2 aimed at providing a casual forum and stimulating atmosphere fertilizing scientific discourse, co-opera
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