Measurements and Applications
GNSS receiver for atmospheric temperature and humidity profile sounding.
Full Name
RO
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
Geometry
Occultation
Instrument Technology
GNSS radio-occultation receiver
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF-4 and BUFR
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
METOP-SG A1 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 1 (2025 - 2034) |
| METOP-SG B1 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 1 (2026 - 2035) |
| METOP-SG B2 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 2 (2033 - 2041) |
| METOP-SG A2 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 2 (2033 - 2042) |
| EPS-Aeolus - EUMETSAT Polar System - Aeolus (2034 - 2044) |
| METOP-SG A3 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 3 (2039 - 2047) |
| METOP-SG B3 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 3 (2040 - 2048) |