Title :
In quest of global Radio Occultation Mission for meteorology beyond 2011
Author :
Fong, Chen-Joe ; Yen, Nick L. ; Chu, Chung-Huei ; Hsiao, Chun-Chieh ; Yang, Shan-Kuo ; Lin, Yao-Chang ; Chen, Shao-Shing ; Liou, Yuei-An ; Chi, Sien
Author_Institution :
Nat. Space Organ. (NSPO), Hsinchu
Abstract :
The FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC mission consisting of six satellites is the world´s first demonstration of near real-time operational GPS Radio Occultation (RO) constellation mission. The success of the mission expected to operate through 2011 has initiated a new era for operational GPS RO soundings. The World Meteorological Organization had recommended continuing RO observations operationally and urges planning for a complementary follow-on mission. The follow-on mission will be a new constellation of 12 to 18 satellites equipped with the GNSS RO payload and collect over 9000 soundings per day. This higher density of sounding profiles will be useful for global and mesoscale models, and also severe weather forecasting. The follow-on mission will establish international standards so that future RO missions deployed by any country can be used together for operations and research. In this paper, we present the state-of-the-art achievements and the results of the current mission; as well as the follow-on mission planning progress.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; remote sensing; weather forecasting; AD 2011; FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC mission; GNSS RO payload; GPS Radio Occultation constellation mission; World Meteorological Organization; global-mesoscale models; operational Global Positioning System RO soundings; weather forecasting; Global Positioning System; Information retrieval; Meteorology; Predictive models; Remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting; Space missions; Space vehicles; Terrestrial atmosphere; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace conference, 2009 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2621-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2622-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2009.4839343
