Effect of superrefraction on inversions of radio occultation signals in the lower troposphere

Details Effect of superrefraction on inversions of radio occultation signals in the lower troposphere Effect of superrefraction on inversions of radio occultation signals in the lower troposphere

Jun 2003

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Radio Science, Volume 38, Issue 3, pp. 24-1, CiteID 1058, DOI 10.1029/2002RS002728

Physics

Optics

36

Radio Science: Atmospheric Propagation, Radio Science: Radio Wave Propagation, Radio Science: Remote Sensing, Radio Science: Instruments And Techniques

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Radio occultation remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere by use of GPS encounters problems in the moist lower troposphere (planetary boundary layer). The negative errors in retrieved refractivity (bias) may not be explained by the horizontal inhomogeneity in refractivity. In part, these errors can be attributed to the use of signal tracking algorithms inappropriate for the complicated structure of radio occultation signals propagated through the moist troposphere. However, another fraction of the negative bias in retrieved refractivity can be related to the superrefraction. In this study we introduce the problem and give an estimate of the negative refractivity errors in the moist planetary boundary layer, which in some cases can be as large as ~10%. We show that the magnitude of these errors significantly varies over oceanic areas. We validate the canonical transform method by use of the radio occultation signals simulated for complicated refractivity structures, including multiple superrefraction layers and small-scale irregularities. We find that this method does not introduce errors additional to those existing in geometric optics. Also, we discuss and estimate an additional error source when inverting occultation signals by radioholographic methods: insufficient extension of the acquired signal, which can contribute to about 1% error of the retrieved refractivity.

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