THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Atmospheric sounding for weather forecasting.

Full Name

GNSS Radio Occultation Sounder-1

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

NSMC-CMA, CNSA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders

Geometry

Occultation

Instrument Technology

GNSS radio-occultation receiver

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

L-1 data: NC

Resolution

0.5 km vertical
[Best Resolution: 500m]

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

L-Band (2 - 1 GHz)

FY-3C - FY-3C Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2013 - 2024)

FY-3D - FY-3D Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2017 - 2025)

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (column/profile)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (column/profile)
	Height of tropopause
	Temperature of tropopause
	Height of the top of the Planetary Boundary Layer
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	Total electron content (TEC)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(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