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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2007.24.4.297

RETRIEVAL OF ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILE FOR KOMPSAT-5 GPS RADIO OCCULTATION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM  

Lee, Woo-Kyoung (Space Geodesy Division, Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute)
Chun, Jong-Kyun (Space Geodesy Division, Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute)
Cho, Sung-Ki (Space Geodesy Division, Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute)
Park, Jong-Uk (Space Geodesy Division, Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute)
Cho, Jung-Ho (Space Geodesy Division, Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute)
Yoon, Jae-Cheol (KOMPSAT-5 Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Lee, Jin-Ho (KOMPSAT-5 Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Chun, Yong-Sik (KOMPSAT-5 Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Lee, Sang-Ryul (KOMPSAT-5 Program Office, Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.24, no.4, 2007 , pp. 297-308 More about this Journal
Abstract
The AOPOD (Atmosphere Occultation and Precision Orbit Determination) system, the secondary payload of KOMPSAT (KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite)-5 scheduled to be launched in 2010, shall provide GPS radio occultation data. In this paper, we simulated the GPS radio occultation characteristic of KOMPSAT-5 and retrieved electron density profiles using KROPS (KASI Radio Occultation Processing Software). The electron density retrieved from CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) GPS radio occultation data on June 20, 2004 was compared with IRI (International Reference Ionosphere) - 2001, PLP (Planar Langmuir Probe), and ionosonde measurements. When the result was compared with ionosonde measurements, the discrepancies were 5 km on the $F_2$ peak height ($hmF_2$) and $3{\times}10^{10}el/m^3$ on the electron density of the $F_2$ peak height ($NmF_2$). By comparing with the Laugmuir Probe measurements of CHAMP satellite (PLP), both agrees with $1.6{\times}10^{11}el/m^3$ at the height of 365.6 km.
Keywords
AOPOD; KOMPSAT-5; GPS radio occultation; electron density profile;
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