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Atmospheric Profiles from COSMIC Occultation Data

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| DOI: 10.5065/PW4C-ZC30
 
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Abstract:

Using a radio occultation technique, scientists are able to use signals broadcast from Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to retrieve profiles of bending angles, refractivity, temperature, pressure, and water vapor in the atmosphere. Also, profiles of electron density in the ionosphere. Such data are gathered and processed at the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, Climate (COSMIC) Data Analysis and Archive Center (CDAAC) in Boulder, Colorado. Various products are produced including atmospheric profiles starting from near Earth's surface to the height of the satellites at 800 kilometers (500 miles) above the Earth surface. At this time only atmospheric profiles of bending angle, refractivity, and dry temperature are available. As we receive more data this archive will continue to expand to include more variable profiles.

Temporal Range:
2006-04-21 to 2013-12-31
Updates:
Irregularly
Variables:
Atmospheric Pressure Measurements Upper Air Temperature
Data Types:
Location
Data Contributors:
UCAR/COSMIC/CDAAC
COSMIC Data Analysis and Archive Center, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Related Resources:
COSMIC Data Analysis and Archive Center
Total Volume:
2.13 TB (Entire dataset) Volume details by dataset product
Data Formats:
netCDF
Related RDA Datasets:
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Suominet Daily Archive
Metadata Record:
Data License:
Data LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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