The FengYun-3 Radio Occultation Sounder GNOS: A Review of the Missions and Early Results

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueqiang Sun ◽  
Congliang Liu ◽  
Weihua Bai ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Qifei Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Occultation ◽  
Early Results

scholarly journals The FengYun-3C radio occultation sounder GNOS: a review of the mission and its early results and science applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 5797-5811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueqiang Sun ◽  
Weihua Bai ◽  
Congliang Liu ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Qifei Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Radio Occultation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Navigation Satellite ◽  
Neutral Atmosphere ◽  
Scientific Applications ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Abstract. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Occultation Sounder (GNOS) is one of the new-generation payloads on board the Chinese FengYun 3 (FY-3) series of operational meteorological satellites for sounding the Earth's neutral atmosphere and ionosphere. FY-3C GNOS, on board the FY-3 series C satellite launched in September 2013, was designed to acquire setting and rising radio occultation (RO) data by using GNSS signals from both the Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and the US Global Positioning System (GPS). So far, the GNOS measurements and atmospheric and ionospheric data products have been validated and evaluated and then been used for atmosphere- and ionosphere-related scientific applications. This paper reviews the FY-3C GNOS instrument, RO data processing, data quality evaluation, and preliminary research applications according to the state-of-the-art status of the FY-3C GNOS mission and related publications. The reviewed data validation and application results demonstrate that the FY-3C GNOS mission can provide accurate and precise atmospheric and ionospheric GNSS (i.e., GPS and BDS) RO profiles for numerical weather prediction (NWP), global climate monitoring (GCM), and space weather research (SWR). The performance of the FY-3C GNOS product quality evaluation and scientific applications establishes confidence that the GNOS data from the series of FY-3 satellites will provide important contributions to NWP, GCM, and SWR scientific communities.

GPS radio occultation measurements of the ionosphere from CHAMP: Early results

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 95-1-95-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Jakowski ◽  
A. Wehrenpfennig ◽  
S. Heise ◽  
Ch. Reigber ◽  
H. Lühr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Occultation ◽  
Gps Radio Occultation ◽  
Early Results

scholarly journals Radio Occultation Retrieval of Atmospheric Profiles from the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Mission: Early Results

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Yung Huang ◽  
Chio-Zong Cheng ◽  
Po-Hsiung Lin ◽  
Chen-Joe Fong ◽  
Jens Wickert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Occultation ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Atmospheric Profiles

scholarly journals The FengYun-3C radio occultation sounder GNOS: a review of the mission and its early results and science applications

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueqiang Sun ◽  
Weihua Bai ◽  
Congliang Liu ◽  
Yan Liu ◽  
Qifei Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Radio Occultation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
Neutral Atmosphere ◽  
Scientific Applications ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Beidou System ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

Abstract. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) occultation sounder (GNOS) is one of the new generation payloads onboard the Chinese FengYun 3 (FY-3) series of operational meteorological satellites for sounding the Earth’s neutral atmosphere and ionosphere. FY-3C GNOS, onboard the FY-3 satellite C launched in September 2013, was designed for acquiring setting and rising radio occultation (RO) data by using GNSS signals from both the Chinese BeiDou System (BDS) and the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS). So far, the GNOS measurements and atmospheric and ionospheric data products have been validated and evaluated and then been used for atmosphere and ionosphere related scientific applications. This paper reviews the FY-3C GNOS instrument, RO data processing, data quality evaluation, and research applications. The reviewed data validation and application results demonstrate that the FY-3C GNOS mission can provide accurate and precise atmospheric and ionospheric GNSS (i.e., GPS and BDS) RO profiles for numerical weather prediction (NWP), global climate monitoring (GCM) and space weather research (SWR). The performance of the FY-3C GNOS product quality evaluation and scientific applications establishes confidence that the GNOS data from the series of FY-3 satellites will provide important contributions to SWP, GCM and SWR scientific communities.

Clinical Update: Assessing Maximum Medical Improvement in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Brigham ◽  
James B. Talmage
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Proper Time ◽  
Carpal Tunnel Release ◽  
Hand Function ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Medical Evaluation ◽  
Nerve Recovery ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome

Abstract Permanent impairment cannot be assessed until the patient is at maximum medical improvement (MMI), but the proper time to test following carpal tunnel release often is not clear. The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides) states: “Factors affecting nerve recovery in compression lesions include nerve fiber pathology, level of injury, duration of injury, and status of end organs,” but age is not prognostic. The AMA Guides clarifies: “High axonotmesis lesions may take 1 to 2 years for maximum recovery, whereas even lesions at the wrist may take 6 to 9 months for maximal recovery of nerve function.” The authors review 3 studies that followed patients’ long-term recovery of hand function after open carpal tunnel release surgery and found that estimates of MMI ranged from 25 weeks to 24 months (for “significant improvement”) to 18 to 24 months. The authors suggest that if the early results of surgery suggest a patient's improvement in the activities of daily living (ADL) and an examination shows few or no symptoms, the result can be assessed early. If major symptoms and ADL problems persist, the examiner should wait at least 6 to 12 months, until symptoms appear to stop improving. A patient with carpal tunnel syndrome who declines a release can be rated for impairment, and, as appropriate, the physician may wish to make a written note of this in the medical evaluation report.

Early Results From the Primaries: Life Stress and Childhood

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 812-813
Author(s):  
C. R. Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Life Stress ◽  
Early Results
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