Written Scientific Publications

Year 2002

Papers in International Journals, International Proceedings Papers, Books

Foelsche, U., and G. Kirchengast
A simple "geometric" mapping function for the hydrostatic delay at radio frequencies and assessment of its performance
Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi:10.1029/2001GL013744, 111-1–111-4, 2002.
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Gobiet, A., G. Kirchengast, U. Foelsche, A.K. Steiner, and A. Loescher
Advancements of GNSS occultation retrieval in the stratosphere for climate monitoring
Proc. 2002 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Data Users Conference, Sept. 2002, Dublin, Ireland, 633–641, 2002.
[pdf (835 kB)]

Hoeg, P., and G. Kirchengast
ACE+ – Atmosphere and Climate Explorer based on GPS, GALILEO, and LEO-LEO radio occultation (ESA Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission Proposal)
Wissenschaftl. Ber. No. 14, 121p., Inst. for Geophys., Astrophys., and Meteorol., Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2002.
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Kirchengast, G.
Climate change monitoring by radio occultation: From simulation studies via CHAMP to COSMIC and ACE+ constellations
Preprint Vol. COSMIC Radio Occ. Science Workshop, Aug. 2002, Boulder, CO, U.S.A., 6.2-1–6.2-4, 2002.
[pdf (953 kB)]

Lerner, J.A., E. Weisz, and G. Kirchengast
Temperature and humidity retrieval from simulated Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) measurements
J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2001JD900254, 4-1–4-11, 2002.
[pdf (434 kB)]

Lesne, O., J. Haase, G. Kirchengast, J. Ramsauer, and W. Poetzi
Sensitivity analysis for airborne sounding of the troposphere by GNSS radio occultation
Phys. Chem. Earth, 27, 291–299, 2002.
[pdf (~1,5 MB)]

Retscher, C., G. Kirchengast, and A. Hauchecorne
Middle atmospheric ozone sounding by the ENVISAT/GOMOS stellar occultation sensor
Proc. CD-Rom 29th Int'l Symp. on Remote Sensing of Environment (Paper TS 1.5), Apr. 2002, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4p., 2002.
[pdf (412 kB)]

Selected Reports from International Report Series of the Institute

Foelsche, U., and G. Kirchengast
Sensitivity of atmospheric profiles retrieved from GNSS occultation data to horizontal variability in the troposphere
Techn. Report for ESA/ESTEC No. 2/2002, 56p., Inst. for Geophys., Astrophys., and Meteorol., Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2002.
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Gobiet, A., and G. Kirchengast
Sensitivity of atmospheric profiles retrieved from GNSS occultation data to ionospheric residual and high-altitude initialization errors
Techn. Report for ESA/ESTEC No. 1/2002, 58p., Inst. for Geophys., Astrophys., and Meteorol., Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2002.
[pdf (~7,2 MB)]

Kirchengast, G., and J. Ramsauer
Definition of cases for GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding (GRAS) test data generation
Techn. Report for EUMETSAT No. 1/2002, 23p., Inst. for Geophys., Astrophys., and Meteorol., Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2002.

Kirchengast, G., J. Fritzer, and J. Ramsauer
End-to-end GNSS Occultation Performance Simulator Version 4 (EGOPS4) Software User Manual (Overview and Reference Manual)
Techn. Report for ESA/ESTEC No. 3/2002, 472p., Inst. for Geophys., Astrophys., and Meteorol., Univ. of Graz, Austria, 2002.
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