RO Instrument

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Measurements and Applications

GNSS receiver for atmospheric temperature and humidity profile sounding.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
RO
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
EUMETSAT, ESA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders
Geometry
Occultation
Instrument Technology
GNSS radio-occultation receiver
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
horizontal: 200 km vertical: 0.5-1 km
Swath
Altitude range of 0-50 km (atmospheric bending angle, refractivity, temperature) 0-15 km (humidity) 80-500 km (ionospheric bending angle, electron density)
Accuracy
Temperature sounding better 1 K rms
Waveband
L-Band 1575.42, 1176.45 MHz
L-Band (2 - 1 GHz)

Instrument Missions

METOP-SG A1 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 1 (2025 - 2034) metop-sg-a1_ro
METOP-SG B1 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 1 (2026 - 2035) metop-sg-b1_ro
METOP-SG B2 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 2 (2033 - 2041) metop-sg-b2_ro
METOP-SG A2 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 2 (2033 - 2042) metop-sg-a2_ro
EPS-Aeolus - EUMETSAT Polar System - Aeolus (2034 - 2041) eps-aeolus_ro
METOP-SG A3 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 3 (2039 - 2047) metop-sg-a3_ro
METOP-SG B3 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 3 (2040 - 2048) metop-sg-b3_ro

Instrument Measurements

CategoryParameter
Atmospheric Humidity FieldsAtmospheric specific humidity (LT, HT)
Atmospheric Temperature FieldsAtmospheric temperature (LT, HT, LS, HS&M)
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