• DocumentCode
    1113459
  • Title

    Update: GPS Signals Spot Signs of Typhoons

  • Author

    DiGregorio, Barry E.

  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    This article presents a briefs description of the COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate) constellation´s capabilities as a GPS based meteorological instrument. It demonstrates the predictive powers of a new technique called near-real-time radio occultation.
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; atmospheric techniques; radiowave propagation; storms; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; COSMIC constellation; Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere and Climate; GPS based meteorological instrument; GPS signals; near real time radio occultation; typhoons; Global Positioning System; Typhoons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2008.4476433
  • Filename
    4476433