GPSOS Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Monitors signals from 24 GPS satellites that circle the Earth to help characterise ionospheric density profiles and atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity profiles.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Space environment
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
GNSS radio-occultation receiver
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
1 km
Swath
N/A
Accuracy
0.1 TEC
Waveband
L1:1537 MHz, L2:1217 MHz
TBD

Instrument Missions

Instrument Measurements