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Remote sensing of the atmosphere using a system of synchronously orbiting satellites
Author(s) -
Gorbunov M. E.,
Gurvich A. S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/92rs01150
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , remote sensing , environmental science , meteorology , atmospheric model , satellite , computer science , field (mathematics) , aerospace engineering , physics , geology , engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
The paper contains a description of the numerical simulation of remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere using a system of synchronously orbiting satellites based upon methods of refractional tomography. Materials of the Global Atmospheric Research Program were used for the simulations. It was shown that a system of 8 or 12 satellites linked to each other with communication lines passing through the atmosphere potentially allows reconstruction of the pressure field with sufficient precision for meteorology.