Integrating uncertainty propagation in GNSS radio occultation retrieval: from excess phase to atmospheric bending angle profiles

Schwarz, Jakob; Kirchengast, Gottfried; Schwaerz, Marc

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2601-2018

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04 May 2018

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| 04 May 2018

Integrating uncertainty propagation in GNSS radio occultation retrieval: from excess phase to atmospheric bending angle profiles

Jakob Schwarz, Gottfried Kirchengast, and Marc Schwaerz

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RC1: 'Review of "Integrating uncertainty propagation in GNSS radio occultation retrieval: from excess phase to atmospheric bending angle profiles", by Jakob Schwarz, Gottfried Kirchengast, and Marc Schwaerz', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Jul 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Jakob Schwarz, 23 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2', Jakob Schwarz, 23 Nov 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jakob Schwarz on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Dec 2017) by Sean Healy

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Jan 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Jan 2018)

ED: Publish as is (01 Feb 2018) by Sean Healy

Short summary

We process global navigation satellite system radio occultation (RO) observations in a new way with integrated uncertainty propagation; in this study we focus on retrieving atmospheric bending angles from RO excess phase profiles. We find that this new approach within our novel Reference Occultation Processing System (rOPS) exploits the strengths of RO such as its high accuracy and long-term stability in a reliable manner for global climate monitoring and other weather and climate uses.