CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- GOX
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Full Name
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Global Positioning Satellite Occultation Experiment (GOX)
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , NSPO, JPL , UCAR
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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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Other
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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ASCII
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Measurements and Applications
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Each instrument equipped with 4 GPS antennas to receive the L1 and L2 radio wave signals transmitted from the 24 US GPS satellites. Based on the signal transmission delay caused by the electric density, temperature, pressure, and water content in the iono
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Resolution Summary
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Vertical: 0.3 - 1.5 m; Horizontal: 300 - 600 km
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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L1/L2
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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