CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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RO
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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EUMETSAT , ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
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Geometry
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Occultation
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Instrument Technology
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GNSS radio-occultation receiver
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF-4 and BUFR
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Measurements and Applications
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GNSS receiver for atmospheric temperature and humidity profile sounding.
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Resolution Summary
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horizontal: 200 km
vertical: 0.5-1 km
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Swath Summary
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Altitude range of
0-50 km (atmospheric bending angle, refractivity, temperature)
0-15 km (humidity)
80-500 km (ionospheric bending angle, electron density)
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Accuracy Summary
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Temperature sounding better 1 K rms
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Waveband Summary
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L-Band 1575.42, 1176.45 MHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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