New Horizons in Occultation Research: Studies in Atmosphere and Climate [Paperback]

This book presents edited and peer-reviewed papers from the 3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), held in Austria. It provides a key reference on the current status in the field and looks toward new horizons.

GNSS Occultation: Methodology, Analysis, and Applications.- GPS Radio Occultation with CHAMP, GRACE-A, SAC-C, TerraSAR-X, and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC: Brief Review of Results from GFZ.- Error Estimate of Bending Angles in the Presence of Strong Horizontal Gradients.- Phase Transform Algorithm for Radio Occultation Data Processing.- Using Airborne GNSS Receivers to Detect Atmospheric Turbulence.- The GRAS SAF Radio Occultation Processing Intercomparison Project ROPIC.- Radio Occultation Soundings in Ionosphere and Space Weather Applications: Achievements and Prospects.- Solar, Lunar, and Stellar Occultation for Atmospheric Studies.- SCIAMACHY Solar Occultation: Ozone and NO2 Profiles 20022007.- Retrieval of Trace Gas Concentrations from Lunar Occultation Measurements with SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT.- Validation of GOMOS/Envisat High-Resolution Temperature Profiles (HRTP) Using Spectral Analysis.- GNSS Occultation for Atmospheric Studies.- Assimilation of Radio Occultation Data in the Global Meteorological Model GME of the German Weather Service.- Sampling of the Diurnal Tide of Temperature Using Formosat-3/COSMIC Data.- Recent Advances in the Study of Stratospheric Wave Activity Using COSMIC and CHAMP GPS-RO.- Recent Advances in Gravity Wave Analysis from Long Term Global GPS Radio Occultation Observations.- New Applications and Advances of the GPS Radio Occultation Technology as Recovered by Analysis of the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and CHAMP Data-Base.- GNSS Occultation for Climate Studies.- Climatologies Based on Radio Occultation Data from CHAMP and Formosat-3/COSMIC.- Testing Climate Models Using Infrared Spectra and GNSS Radio Occultation.- Construction of Consistent Temperature Records in the Lower StratosplÃa