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Sensing Heavy Precipitation With GNSS Polarimetric Radio Occultations
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2019
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Source: Geophysical Research Letters, 46(2), 1024-1031
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Journal Title:Geophysical Research Letters
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Description:Thisstudypresents,forthefirsttimeever,occultingsignalsoftheGlobalNavigationSatellite Systems(GNSSs)acquiredattwopolarizationsfromaLowEarthOrbiter,anditshowsthattheysenseheavy precipitation.ThedatasetsareobtainedfromearlystagesoftheRadioOccultationandHeavyPrecipitation experimentaboardthePAZsatellite,launchedinFebruary2018andactivatedinMay2018.Preliminarycalibrationalgorithmsareappliedtoremoveothersystematiceffects,andtheresultingverticalprofilesof polarimetricphaseshiftobservationsarecomparedtoprecipitationinformationfromothermissions.The analysisofthedatashowsconsistencybetweenRadioOccultationandHeavyPrecipitationexperimentaboard the PAZ satellite polarimetric phase shift measurements and presence of hydrometeors, with strongsignaturesfromheavyprecipitation.Thepolarimetricmeasurementsalsocaptureverticalfeatures
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Source:Geophysical Research Letters, 46(2), 1024-1031
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ISSN:0094-8276;1944-8007;
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC-ND
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