Session 1A Advancing Atmospheric Science Research using Global Navigation Satellite Systems Technology

Monday, 29 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
326 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology
Cochairs:
Kevin J. Nelson; Christopher S. Ruf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Kuo-Nung Wang

Remote sensing observations that utilize Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals have been used in geophysical research for decades. GNSS signals are particularly useful for various forms of geophysical research due to their high precision and insensitivity to clouds and precipitation. As such, GNSS observations such as radio occultations (GNSS-RO), GNSS reflections (GNSS-R), and the expanding network of ground stations provide high-quality global atmospheric and ionospheric retrievals useful in a wide variety of research. These observations also greatly contribute to numerical simulation systems and their data assimilation tools for accurate forecasts and early warning systems for natural hazards of many origins.

This session welcomes submissions including, but not limited to the following topics:

1. Neutral atmospheric research topics and related GNSS applications,

2. GNSS remote sensing technology advancement and novel observing concepts,

3. State-of-the-art atmospheric and surface property retrieval algorithm developments, and

4. Numerical weather prediction, ionospheric forecasting, and natural hazard now-casting applications of GNSS remote sensing products for data analysis and data assimilation impacts

Papers:
8:30 AM
1A.1
Initial Polarimetric Radio Occultation Results from Spire’s Nanosatellite Constellation
Vu Nguyen, Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO; and S. Tomas, M. Talpe, P. Jales, and T. Yuasa

8:45 AM
1A.2
The Radio Occultation Modeling Experiment (ROMEX)
Benjamin C. Ruston, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Shao, R. A. Anthes, and C. Marquardt

9:00 AM
1A.3
The Impact of Assimilating Large Volumes of GNSS Radio Occultation Observations from Spire’s Commercial Constellation with NASA’s Global Earth Observing System.
Michael J. Murphy Jr., NASA/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Chattopadhyay, A. El Akkraoui, and M. R. Damon

9:15 AM
1A.4
Detection of Superrefraction at the Top of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer from COSMIC-2 Radio Occultations
Sergey V. Sokolovskiy, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Z. Zeng, D. C. Hunt, J. P. Weiss, J. J. Braun, W. S. Schreiner, R. A. Anthes, H. Zhang, Y. H. Kuo, D. H. Lenschow, and T. Vanhove

9:30 AM
1A.5
The Cyclogenesis and Typhoon Predictions with the GNSS RO Data Assimilation over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean
Shu-Ya Chen, GPS Science and Application Research Center (GPSARC), Taoyuan City, Taiwan

9:45 AM
1A.6
NASA CYGNSS Mission Science & Applications Highlights
Christopher S. Ruf, Muon Space, Mountain View, CA; Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. Balasubramaniam, C. Chew, and Z. Pu

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