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Abstract (EDOC: 2344)
The German CHAMP (Challenging Minisatellite Payload) satellite
(launched on July 15, 2000) is a geoscience mission aiming for
the determination of Earth's gravity and magnetic field and
for GPS-based atmospheric sounding. The atmospheric profiling
experiment onboard CHAMP is considered as an important step to
improve the GPS radio occultation technique receiver technique.
CHAMP carries the latest generation of JPL's GPS flight
receiver - the BlackJack - and has a more directional occultation
antenna compared to the GPS/MET 'proof of concept' experiment
for GPS radio occultation measurements.
First occultation measurements by CHAMP were performed in
February 2001. An overview of the occultation data processing
at GFZ is given. Initial results of the GPS occultation experiment are presented.
(2001): Initial Results of CHAMP Radio Occultation Experiment. AGU Spring Meeting, A31C-08.
(2001): Initial Results of CHAMP Radio Occultation Experiment. AGU Spring Meeting, A31C-08.
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