CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - GPSRO (Oersted) -
Full Name GPS Radio Occultation System Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies NASA Maturity
Instrument Type Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders Geometry Occultation
Instrument Technology GNSS radio-occultation receiver Sampling Other
Data Access Open Access Data Format ASCII, HDF-EOS, XML
Measurements and Applications Measurements of atmospheric temperature, pressure and water vapour content.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
N/A (N/A)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Atmospheric Humidity FieldsAtmospheric specific humidity (column/profile)
Atmospheric Temperature FieldsAtmospheric temperature (column/profile)
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Temperature (upper-air) click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air) click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
Oersted - Oersted (1999 - 2014)