G001
Advancing Earth Science Research Using Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Session ID#: 79878

Session Description:
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) constellations monitor the Earth’s surface and atmosphere providing valuable information in advancing numerical weather prediction (NWP) and climate, and show promise in providing high-quality ocean surface winds and soil moisture. Tracking multiple GNSS constellations (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou) and dual polarization will expand these applications. For example, the COSMIC-2 follow-on mission (to be launched in mid-2019) will sense deep tropical tropospheric moisture better than previous GNSS sensors, and the NASA Cyclone GNSS (CYGNSS) mission (eight GNSS-Reflectometry satellites) tracks hurricane intensification and shows sensitivity to soil moisture and inundation. This session seeks papers on GNSS applications in Earth Science research including NWP, tropical convection, boundary layer processes, and the hydrological cycle. Validation of historical and new GNSS products, including CYGNSS and COSMIC-2, with satellite data, reanalyses and models, and demonstration of new retrieval and data assimilation techniques and new mission concepts and technology developments, are encouraged.
Index Terms:

1220 Atmosphere monitoring with geodetic techniques [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1866 Soil moisture [HYDROLOGY]
3307 Boundary layer processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3374 Tropical meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Primary Convener:  Panagiotis Vergados, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Chi O Ao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Clara Chew, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Shu-peng Ho, NOAA - NESDIS/STAR/SMCD, Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Chi O Ao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
The NASA CYGNSS Small Satellite Constellation (Invited) (490931)
Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Scott Gleason, UCAR, Boulder, United States, Darren S McKague, Univ of Michigan-AOSS, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Derek J Posselt, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California, Electrical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States
 
Sensitivity and impact of the ionospheric kappa-correction on radio occultation climatologies (492941)
Julia Danzer, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Marc Schwaerz, University of Graz, Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WEGC), Graz, Austria, Gottfried Kirchengast, University of Graz, Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, Graz, Austria and Sean Healy, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom
 
Potential GNSS-R CYGNSS Land Applications for NOAA’s Hydrological Predictions (503324)
Nai-Yu Wang, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Ralph R Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States, Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States and Sid Ahmed Boukabara, NOAA NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD, United States
 
Variability of temperature and ozone in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from multi-satellite observations, reanalysis and model simulations (513739)
Ming Shangguan, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Wuke Wang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China and Shuanggen Jin, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China; Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
 
Evaluating the Impact of COSMIC-2 RO on Regional Numerical Weather Prediction using a High-Resolution Hybrid 3DEnVar System at CWB (513831)
Ying-Jhen Chen1, Jing-Shan Hong1, Ying-Hwa Kuo2, Siou-Ying Jiang1 and Wen-Jou Chen1, (1)Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Assessing Deep-seated Land Subsidence over the Houston Metropolitan area using GPS, Extensometers and InSAR techniques (518938)
Yuhao Liu and Guoquan Wang, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States
 
Assimilation of early FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 GNSS radio occultation data with the global NWP system at Central Weather Bureau (CWB) (527822)
Guo-Yuan Lien1, Chung-Han Lin1, Zih-Mao Huang1, Wen-Hsin Teng1, Ting-Yi Lin1, Jen-Her Chen1 and Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC (TACC), (1)Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan
 
The sensitivity of GNSS-RO bending angle observation errors in the GSI hybrid assimilation system (530956)
Chung-Han Lin, Zih-Mao Huang, Guo-Yuan Lien and Jen-Her Chen, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Performance Evaluation of GNSS-RO Inversion Techniques Based On Simulation Study (538470)
Seung-Woo Lee, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
Verification and Application of FORMOSAT-3 and FORMOSAT-7 Radio Occultation Data (541042)
Shu-Ya Chen1, Cheng-Yung Huang2, Hsiu-Wen Li1, H. H. Ho3, Cheng-Peng Shih4, Ching-Yuang Huang5, Chia-Ping Cheng6, Zhiquan Liu7 and Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC (TACC), (1)National Central University, GPS Science and Application Research Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, (2)National Space Organization, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, (3)Central Weather Burean, Teipei, Taiwan, (4)National Central University, Atmospheric Sciences, Taoyuan, Taiwan, (5)NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Atmospheric Science, Jhongli, Taiwan, (6)Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan, (7)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
 
Progress in Radio Occultation Observations of Earth Atmosphere from Spire's CubeSat Constellation (544693)
Vladimir Irisov1, Dallas S Masters1, Vu Nguyen1, Timothy Duly1, Robert Sikarin1, Oleguer Nogues-Correig2, Linus Tan3, Takayuki Yuasa3, Michael E. Gorbunov4 and Christian Rocken5, (1)Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Spire Global UK, Ltd, Glasgow, United Kingdom, (3)Spire Global Singapore, Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore, (4)A.M.Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia, (5)GPS Solutions, Inc, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Sounding Heavy Precipitating Vertical Cloud Structures using Polarimetric Radio Occultations: Validation with Cloudsat, TRMM and GPM products (548338)
Ramon Padulles1, Francis J Turk2, Chi O Ao2, Manuel de la Torre-Juárez1, Kuo-Nung Wang3 and Estel Cardellach4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)Institute for Space Sciences (ICE - CSIC/IEEC), Barcelona, Spain
 
FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 Mission and Preliminary Result (Invited) (564713)
Tie-Yue Liu1, Chung-Huei Y Chu1, Chen-Joe Fong1, Wen-Tzong Y Shiau1, Wei Xia-Serafino2, Kun-Lin Chen3, Shih-Hung Lo1, Chia-Ping Cheng4 and Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC (TACC), Central Weather Bureau (CWB), Taiwan, (1)NSPO National Space Organization of Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan, (2)NOAA, Silver Springs, MD, United States, (3)National Space Organization, Hsinchu, Taiwan, (4)Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Recent advances in atmospheric climate monitoring with GNSS radio occultation (578328)
Andrea Karin Steiner, Florian Ladstädter, Matthias Stocker, Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, Maximilian Gorfer and Gottfried Kirchengast, University of Graz, Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, Graz, Austria
 
Multivariate Analysis of Vertical GPS Time Series Calculated by Seven Processing Centers Used to Characterize Vertical Crustal Movements (589900)
Paulo de Tarso Setti Junior1, Shimon Wdowinski2, Crislaine Menezes da Silva3, Daniele Barroca Marra Alves4 and Vilma Mayumi Tachibana3, (1)Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, Brazil, (2)Florida International University, Earth & Environment Department, Miami, FL, United States, (3)UNESP Sao Paulo State University, Presidente Prudente, Brazil, (4)UNESP Sao Paulo State University, Cartography, Presidente Prudente, Brazil
 
Ionospheric products of Taiwan Radio Occultation Process System (TROPS) for FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 mission (595155)
Wen-Hao Yeh1, Cheng-Yung Huang2, Kun-Lin Chen1, Tzupang Tseng3, H. H. Ho4, Jing-Mei Wu5, Jyun-Ying Huang6, Hsiu-Wen Li5 and Ching-Chieh Lin4, (1)National Space Organization, Hsinchu, Taiwan, (2)National Space Organization, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, (3)Geoscience Australia, Symonston, Australia, (4)Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC, Taipei, Taiwan, (5)National Central University, GPS Science and Application Research Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, (6)Central Weather Burean, Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC, Teipei, Taiwan
 
Satellite Sensing the Horizontal Inhomogeneity of the Cloudy Planetary Boundary Layer over the Subtropical Eastern Pacific Ocean (606711)
Feiqin Xie, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States, Thomas Winning, Texas A & M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States, Chi O Ao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Kuo-Nung Wang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Loknath Adhikari, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
 
Early Results of Ionospheric Weather Observations of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 (623867)
Tie-Yue Liu1, Tiger J.Y Liu2, Chi-Yen Lin3, Fu-yuan Chang4, Chi-Kuang Chao3, Loren C Chang5, Wen-Hao Yeh6, Shih-Ping Chen7, Charles C. H. Lin8, Chung-Huei Y Chu1, Kun-Lin Chen6, I-Te Lee9 and Chia-Ping Cheng10, (1)NSPO National Space Organization of Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan, (2)NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Institute of Space Science, Taoyuan, Taiwan, (3)Center for Astronautical Physics and Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, (4)NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Jhongli, Taiwan, (5)National Central University, Institute of Space Science, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, (6)National Space Organization, Hsinchu, Taiwan, (7)NCKU National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, (8)National Cheng Kung University, Department of Earth Sciences, Tainan, Taiwan, (9)College of Earth Sciences, National Central University, Taipei City, Taiwan, (10)Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Calibration and Validation of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 : TROPS Preliminary Results (625976)
Cheng Yung Huang1, Wen-Hao Yeh2, Kun-Lin Chen2, Shu-Ya Chen3, Jing-Mei Wu4, Tzu-Pang Tseng5 and TACC, Central Weather Bureau, (1)National Space Organization, Satellite Operations Control Division, HsinChu, Taiwan, (2)National Space Organization, Hsinchu, Taiwan, (3)Boxford, MA, United States, (4)National Central University, GPS Science and Application Research Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, (5)Geoscience Australia, Jerrabomberra Ave & Hindmarsh Drive, Symonston, Australia
 
GNSS radio occultation retrieval enhancement within the planetary boundary layer using reflected grazing signals (627780)
Kuo-Nung Wang1, Chi O Ao2 and Manuel de la Torre-Juárez1, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
First Results from the Spire GNSS-R Payload CubeSat Missions (628396)
Dallas Masters1, Stephan X Esterhuizen2, Philip Jales3, Ellie Ibrahimi4, Oleguer Nogues-Correig5, Takayuki Yuasa6, Vu Nguyen1, Vladimir Irisov1, Timothy Duly1 and Linus Tan6, (1)Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (2)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, (3)Spire Global., Inc., Glasgow, United Kingdom, (4)Spire Global, Inc., Glasgow, United Kingdom, (5)Spire Global UK, Ltd, Glasgow, United Kingdom, (6)Spire Global Singapore, Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
 
Space Weather Impact on the GNSS GBAS Station Observations in Latitudes Around 57ᵒN (631986)
Madara Normand, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, Janis Balodis, University of Latvia, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Riga, Latvia and Inese Varna, University of Latvia, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Riga, Latvia
 
Initial Performance Assessment and Science Highlights of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 GNSS Radio Occultation Data (633480)
William Steven Schreiner1, Sergey V Sokolovskiy2, Jan Weiss3, John Braun4, Richard A Anthes5, Douglas Hunt1, Zhen Zeng2, Tae-Kwon Wee6, Teresa Vanhove1, Jeremiah P Sjoberg7, Hannah Kristine Huelsing8, Qian Wu9, Iurii Cherniak10, Nicholas M Pedatella11, Min-Yang Chou12, Wei Xia-Serafino13 and Chung-Huei Y Chu14, (1)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)UCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)COSMIC Project Office, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Univ Corp Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, COSMIC, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, COSMIC Program Office, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (8)SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY, United States, (9)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (11)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (12)United States, (13)NOAA, Silver Springs, MD, United States, (14)NSPO National Space Organization of Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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