Case study on complex sporadic E layers observed by GPS radio occultations

Yue, X.; Schreiner, W. S.; Zeng, Z.; Kuo, Y.-H.; Xue, X.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-225-2015

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12 Jan 2015

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| 12 Jan 2015

Case study on complex sporadic E layers observed by GPS radio occultations

X. Yue, W. S. Schreiner, Z. Zeng, Y.-H. Kuo, and X. Xue

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RC C3113: 'paper review', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Oct 2014
- RC C3890: 'I recommend the major revision of this manuscript before it is considered to accept for publication.', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Nov 2014
  - AC C4069: 'response to reviewer 2', Xinan Yue, 03 Dec 2014
- AC C4068: 'response to reviewer 1', Xinan Yue, 03 Dec 2014

Short summary

The occurrence of sporadic E (Es) layers has been a hot scientific topic for a long time. GNSS (global navigation satellite system)-based radio occultation (RO) has proven to be a powerful technique for detecting the global Es layers. In this paper, we show some examples of multiple Es layers occurring in one RO event and the occurrence of Es in a broad region during a certain time interval. The results are then evaluated by independent observations such as lidar and ionosondes.