GEROS-ISS: GNSS Reflectometry, Radio Occultation and Scatterometry onboard the International Space Station

Wickert, J.; Cardellach, E.; Bandeiras, J.; Bertino, L.; Andersen, O.; Camps, A.; Catarino, N.; Chapron, B.; Fabra, F.; Floury, N.; Foti, G.; Gommenginger, C.; Hatton, J.; Høeg, P.; Jäggi, Adrian; Kern, M.; Lee, T.; Li, Z.; Martin-Neira, M.; Park, H.; ... (2016). GEROS-ISS: GNSS Reflectometry, Radio Occultation and Scatterometry onboard the International Space Station. IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing, 9(10), pp. 4552-4581. IEEE 10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2614428

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GEROS-ISS stands for GNSS REflectometry, radio occultation, and scatterometry onboard the International Space Station (ISS). It is a scientific experiment, successfully proposed to the European Space Agency in 2011. The experiment as the name indicates will be conducted on the ISS. The main focus of GEROS-ISS is the dedicated use of signals from the currently available Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in L-band for remote sensing of the Earth with a focus to study climate change. Prime mission objectives are the determination of the altimetric sea surface height of the oceans and of the ocean surface mean square slope, which is related to sea roughness and wind speed. These geophysical parameters are derived using reflected GNSS signals (GNSS reflectometry, GNSS-R). Secondary mission goals include atmosphere/ionosphere sounding using refracted GNSS signals (radio occultation, GNSS-RO) and remote sensing of land surfaces using GNSS-R. The GEROS-ISS mission objectives and its design, the current status, and ongoing activities are reviewed and selected scientific and technical results of the GEROS-ISS preparation phase are described.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Astronomy

UniBE Contributor:

Jäggi, Adrian

Subjects:

500 Science > 520 Astronomy

ISSN:

1939-1404

Publisher:

IEEE

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pierre Fridez

Date Deposited:

22 May 2017 15:53

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:04

Publisher DOI:

10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2614428

Uncontrolled Keywords:

mesoscale ocean currents, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) reflectometry, GNSS radio occultation, international space station, mean sea level

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.97743

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/97743

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