2013

Peer-reviewed publications

Danzer, J., B. Scherllin-Pirscher, and U. Foelsche
Systematic residual ionospheric errors in radio occultation data and a potential way to minimize them
Atmos. Meas. Tech. 6, 2169–2179, doi:10.5194/amt-6-2169-2013, 2013
www.atmos-meas-tech.net/6/2169/2013/

Foelsche U., A. K. Steiner, and K. B. Lauritsen
Preface “Observing atmosphere and climate with occultation techniques – results from the OPAC 2010 Workshop”
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 33, doi:10.5194/amt-6-33-2013, 2013
www.atmos-meas-tech.net/6/33/2013/

Li Y., G. Kirchengast, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, S. Wu, M. Schwärz, J. Fritzer, S. Zhang, B. A. Carter, and K. Zhang
A new dynamic approach for statistical optimization of GNSS radio occultation bending angles for optimal climate monitoring utility
J. Geophys. Res., 118, 13022–13040, doi:10.1002/2013JD020763, 2013
[pdf (~2.2 MB)]

Liu, C. L., G. Kirchengast, K. F. Zhang, R. Norman, Y. Li, S. C. Zhang, B. Carter, J. Fritzer, M. Schwaerz, S. L. Choy, S. Q. Wu, and Z. X. Tan
Characterisation of residual ionospheric errors in bending angles using GNSS RO end-to-end simulations
Adv. Space Res., 52, 821-836, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2013.05.021, 2013
[pdf (~6.8 MB)]

Norman, R., J. Le Marshall, B. A. Carter, K. Zhang, G. Kirchengast, S. Alexander, C.-S. Wang, and Y. Li
Comparing GPS radio occultation observations with radiosonde measurements over Antarctica
IGNSS 2013 Symposium Proc. ISBN 978-0-646-90640-9, Pap.56/9p., Gold Coast, Australia, 2013

Steiner, A. K., D. Hunt, S.-P. Ho, G. Kirchengast, A. J. Mannucci, B. Scherllin-Pirscher, H. Gleisner, A. von Engeln, T. Schmidt, C. Ao, S. S. Leroy, E. R. Kursinski, U. Foelsche, M. Gorbunov, S. Heise, Y.-H. Kuo, K. B. Lauritsen, C. Marquardt, C. Rocken, W. Schreiner, S. Sokolovskiy, S. Syndergaard, and J. Wickert
Quantification of structural uncertainty in climate data records from GPS radio occultation
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1469-1484, doi:10.5194/acp-13-1469-2013, 2013
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/1469/2013

Zhang, K., S. Zhang, J. Le Marshall, G. Kirchengast, R. Norman, Y. Li, C. Liu, and B. Carter
A new Australian GNSS radio occultation data processing platform
iGNSS 2013 Symposium Proc. ISBN 978-0-646-90640-9, Pap.85/12p., Gold Coast, Australia, 2013

Selected Further Publications and Reports

Ackerler, E., W. Baumjohann, J. Berndorfer, V. Eder, U. Foelsche, T. Geist, M. Gitsch, G. Grömer, M. Güdel, L. Hofer, C. Hoffmann, B. Hofmann-Wellenhof, W. Hoheneder, B. Imhof, P. Jankowitsch, R. Kaltenbaek, F. Kerschbaum, G. Kirchengast, E. Klaffenböck, O. Koudelka, M. Kowatsch, A. Kurz, K. Langensteiner, A. Lentsch, I. Marboe, S. Mayer, A. Merstallinger, G. Poellmann, H. Posch, G. Pramhas, W. Rhomberg, H. Rott, M. Schardt, R. Schmidt, K.-U. Schrogl, J. Seybold, H.-M. Steiner, M. Tajmar, G. Triebnig, U. Rupert, W. Wolfgang, A. Walli, R. Weber, M. Wieser, and A. Zeilinger
Weltraum Zukunftsraum, Strategie des BMVIT für Österreichische Weltraumtätigkeiten, Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie, Vienna, Austria, 62 pp.
http://www.bmvit.gv.at/bmvit/service/publikationen/innovation/raumfahrttechnologie/downloads/weltraumstrategie2012.pdf

Fuchsberger, J., and G. Kirchengast
Deriving soil moisture from matric potential in the WegenerNet climate station network
WegenerNet Tech. Note No. 1/2013, 16pp, Wegener Center, University of Graz, 2013
http://www.wegenernet.org/misc/WegenerNet_TechNote-SoilMoisture.pdf

Plach, A., V. Proschek, and G. Kirchengast
Abel transform retrieval of wind profiles from LEO-LEO IR laser occultation: End-to-end simulations and performance analysis
Tech. Rep. for ESA-ESTEC No. 2/2013, 66 pp, Wegener Center, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2013

Proschek, V., G. Kirchengast, and S. Schweitzer
Retrieval and validation of carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor for the Canary Islands IR-laser occultation experiment
Tech. Rep. for ESA-ESTEC No. 3/2013, 47 pp, Wegener Center, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2013

Rieckh, T.
Tropopause characteristics from GPS radio occultation data (MSc thesis)
Sci. Rep. 55-2013, 66 pp., Wegener Center Verlag, Graz, Austria, October 2013
[pdf (~14 MB)]

Scherllin-Pirscher, B.
Validation of Metop-A and Metop-B bending angles above 60 km
EUMETSAT Report, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 27 pp., March 2013

Scherllin-Pirscher, B.
Further development of BAROCLIM and implementation in ROPP
ROM SAF CDOP-2 Visiting Scientist Report 19, Ref: SAF/ROM/DMI/REP/VS19/001, 56 pp., June 2013

Schweitzer, S., G. Kirchengast, and J. Fritzer
Analysis-derived global database and radiosonde database for the ANISAP project
Tech. Rep. for ESA-ESTEC No. 2/2012(final Mar.2013), 27 pp, Wegener Center, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2013

Schwärz, M., B. Scherllin-Pirscher, G. Kirchengast, J. Schwarz, F. Ladstädter, J. Fritzer, and J. Ramsauer
MMValRO-CCN3 – Multi-Mission Validation by Satellite Radio Occultation (Final Report)
Tech. Rep. for ESA-ESRIN No. 1/2013, 187 pp, Wegener Center, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2013
[pdf (~23.5 MB)]

Schwarz, J.
Potential systematic errors in radio occultation climatologies due to irregular distributions of apparent outliers in the retrieval process (MSc thesis)
Sci. Rep. 54-2013, 108 pp., Wegener Center Verlag, Graz, Austria, August 2013
[pdf (~24 MB)]

Syndergaard, S., and G. Kirchengast
Formulation and analysis of an Abel transform for deriving line-of-sight wind profiles from LEO-LEO IR laser occultation
WEGC Tech. Rep. for ESA-ESTEC No. 1/2013, 26 pp, Wegener Center, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 2013
[pdf (~1.1 MB)]