Session 13A Advancing Atmospheric Science Research using Global Navigation Satellite Systems Technology

Thursday, 16 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
222 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS)
Submitters:
Kevin J. Nelson; Benjamin R. Johnston and Kuo-Nung Wang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Radar Science, Pasadena, CA
CoChair:
Kuo-Nung Wang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Radar Science, Pasadena, CA

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 its high precision and capability to penetrate clouds and precipitation. As such, the expansion of commercial and government back-bone GNSS observations such as radio occultations (GNSS-RO), GNSS reflections (GNSS-R), and the expanding network of ground stations have received significant investment in past years. These various GNSS observation techniques provide high-quality globally distributed atmospheric retrievals useful in a wide variety of research. Their retrievals also greatly contribute to numerical simulation systems and corresponding data assimilation tools for accurate weather and climate prediction. 

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

  1. Neutral atmosphere research topics including planetary boundary layer (PBL), deep convection and heavy precipitation, tropopause (UTLS) thermodynamics, and tropical cyclones using GNSS applications,
  2. Numerical weather prediction of GNSS remote sensing products for data analysis and data assimilation impacts,
  3. State-of-the-art atmospheric retrieval algorithm developments including joint retrievals, data fusion, and machine learning/artificial intelligence, and
  4. GNSS remote sensing technology advancement and novel observing concepts such as polarimetric observations, next generation GNSS observing constellations, and GNSS-R/grazing reflections.

Papers:
8:30 AM
13A.1
Data Assimilation of GNSS-RO Observations: Impacts of Residual Ionospheric Error (RIE)
Dong L. Wu, PhD, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GREENBELT, MD; and V. A. Yudin, K. M. Kim, M. Chattopadhyay, L. Coy, R. S. Lieberman, C. C. J. H. Salinas, J. N. Lee, J. Gong, and G. Liu

8:45 AM
13A.2
Evaluation of the ROMEX datasets-Bias and uncertainty estimates
Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Longmont, CO; and J. Sjoberg, J. Starr, J. P. Weiss, and H. Huelsing

9:00 AM
13A.3
Impact of GNSS RO Data on the Prediction of Atmospheric River Events: A ROMEX Experiment
Hsiao-Chun Lin, UCAR, Lafayette, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, H. Zhang, J. J. Braun, and Z. Liu

9:15 AM
13A.4
Mapping Atmospheric Water Vapor Content Using Grazing Angle GNSS-R Over Oceans and Sea Ice
Yu Jade Morton, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and C. Roesler and Y. Wang

9:30 AM
13A.5
Analysis of Polarimetric Radio Occultation Data from ROHP after Six Years in Orbit and their Use for NWP
Joe Turk, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, E. Cardellach, T. W. Emmenegger, M. de la Torre-Juarez, T. Kubar, K. Lonitz, M. J. Murphy Jr., J. D. Neelin, K. J. Nelson, R. Padulles, A. C. Paz, B. C. Ruston, and K. N. Wang

9:45 AM
13A.6
Assimilating Dense Ground-based GNSS ZTD Observations for Improving Afternoon Thunderstorm Prediction in Taiwan
Yi-Pin Chang, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan; and S. C. Yang and T. K. Yeh

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