SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND RADIOHOLOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR AIRBORNE RADIO OCCULTATIONS

Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation (RO) is an atmospheric sounding technique utilizing the change in propagation direction and delay of the GPS signal to measure refractivity, which provides information on temperature and humidity. The GPS-RO technique is now operational on several Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellite missions. Nevertheless, when observing localized transient events, such as tropical storms, current LEO satellite systems cannot provide sufficiently high temporal and spatial resolution soundings. An airborne RO (ARO) system has therefore been developed for localized GPS-RO campaigns. The open-loop (OL) tracking in post-processing is used to cross-correlates the received Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal with an internally generated local carrier signal predicted from a Doppler model and extract the atmospheric refractivity information. OL tracking also allows robust processing of rising GPS signals using backward tracking, which will double the observed occultation event numbers.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Wang, Kuo-Nung

Contributors dc:contributor

• James L. Garrison
• Jennifer S. Haase
• Arthur E. Frazho
• Michael D. Zoltowski

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1326

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2542