Evaluation of the 15-year ROM SAF monthly mean GPS radio occultation climate data record

Gleisner, Hans; Lauritsen, Kent B.; Nielsen, Johannes K.; Syndergaard, Stig

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3081-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3081-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3081-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Research article

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11 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 11 Jun 2020

Evaluation of the 15-year ROM SAF monthly mean GPS radio occultation climate data record

Hans Gleisner, Kent B. Lauritsen, Johannes K. Nielsen, and Stig Syndergaard

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RC1: 'Review', Richard Anthes, 15 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Author's reply to review', Hans Gleisner, 17 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review of Gleisner et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Author's reply to Referee Comment 2 (RC2)', Hans Gleisner, 03 Mar 2020

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AR by Hans Gleisner on behalf of the Authors (01 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Apr 2020) by Peter Alexander

AR by Hans Gleisner on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Apr 2020) by Peter Alexander

Short summary

Data from GPS radio occultation (RO) instruments aboard a series of satellites have been reprocessed by the ROM SAF. We describe the monthly mean RO climate data records (CDRs) and the methods for removing sampling errors. The quality of the CDRs is evaluated, with a focus on systematic differences between satellite missions. Between 8 and 30 km, the data quality and the inter-mission differences are small enough to allow the generation of combined multi-mission data records starting in 2001.