FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Mission Early Results
February 2009, Vol. 20, No. 1 Special Issue
Preface to the Special Issue on FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Mission Early Results
Author(s): Chio-Zong (Frank) Cheng, Ying-Hwa Kuo, and Jann-Yenq Liu
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.09.03.01(F3C)
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Spacecraft Constellation System, Mission Results, and Prospect for Follow-On Mission
Author(s): Chen-Joe Fong, Nick L. Yen, Chung-Huei Chu, Shan-Kuo Yang, Wen-Tzong Shiau, Cheng-Yung Huang, Sien Chi, Shao-Shing Chen, Yuei-An Liou, and Ying-Hwa Kuo
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.03.01(F3C)
Radio Occultation Retrieval of Atmospheric Profiles from the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Mission: Early Results
Author(s): Cheng-Yung Huang, Chio-Zong Cheng, Po-Hsiung Lin, Chen-Joe Fong, Jens Wickert, and Chun-Chieh Hsiao
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.04.24.01(F3C)
GPS Radio Occultation: Results from CHAMP, GRACE and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
Author(s): Jens Wickert, Grzegorz Michalak, Torsten Schmidt, Georg Beyerle, Chio-Zong Cheng, Sean B. Healy, Stefan Heise, Cheng-Yung Huang, Norbert Jakowski, Wolfgang Köhler, Christoph Mayer, Dave Offiler, Eiji Ozawa, Alexander G. Pavelyev, Markus Rothacher, Byron Tapley, and Christina Arras
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.26.01(F3C)
Validation of Refractivity Profiles Retrieved from FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Radio Occultation Soundings: Preliminary Results of Statistical Comparisons Utilizing Balloon-Borne Observations
Author(s): Hiroo Hayashi, Jun-Ichi Furumoto, Xinan Lin, Toshitaka Tsuda, Yoshinori Shoji, Yuichi Aoyama, and Yasuhiro Murayama
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.21.01(F3C)
Validation of the COSMIC Radio Occultation Data over Gadanki (13.48°N, 79.2°E): A Tropical Region
Author(s): D. Narayana Rao, M. Venkat Ratnam, Sanjay Mehta, Debashis Nath, S. Ghouse Basha, V. V. M. Jagannadha Rao, B. V. Krishna Murthy, T. Tsuda, and Kenji Nakamura
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.23.01(F3C)
Use of Radio Occultation to Evaluate Atmospheric Temperature Data from Spaceborne Infrared Sensors
Author(s): Thomas P. Yunck, Eric J. Fetzer, Anthony M. Mannucci, Chi O. Ao, F. William Irion, Brian D. Wilson, and Gerald John M. Manipon
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.08.01(F3C)
Calibration of Temperature in the Lower Stratosphere from Microwave Measurements Using COSMIC Radio Occultation Data: Preliminary Results
Author(s): Shu-Peng Ho, Mitch Goldberg, Ying-Hwa Kuo, Cheng-Zhi Zou, and William Schreiner
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.06.01(F3C)
Quality Control, Error Analysis, and Impact Assessment of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC in Numerical Weather Prediction
Author(s): Paul Poli, Patrick Moll, Dominique Puech, Florence Rabier, and Sean B. Healy
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.21.02(F3C)
Impact of GPS Radio Occultation Refractivity Soundings on a Simulation of Typhoon Bilis (2006) upon Landfall
Author(s): Mien-Tze Kueh, Ching-Yuang Huang, Shu-Ya Chen, Shu-Hua Chen, and Chien-Ju Wang
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.21.03(F3C)
Assimilation of GPS Refractivity from FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Using a Nonlocal Operator with WRF 3DVAR and Its Impact on the Prediction of a Typhoon Event
Author(s): Shu-Ya Chen, Ching-Yuang Huang, Ying-Hwa Kuo, Yong-Run Guo, and Sergey Sokolovskiy
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.11.29.01(F3C)
Assessing the Climate Monitoring Utility of Radio Occultation Data: From CHAMP to FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
Author(s): Ulrich Foelsche, Barbara Pirscher, Michael Borsche, Gottfried Kirchengast, and Jens Wickert
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.14.01(F3C)
Global Ionospheric Structure Imaged by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC: Early Results
Author(s): Chien-Hung Lin, Jann-Yenq Liu, Chun-Chieh Hsiao, Chao-Han Liu, Chio-Zong Cheng, Po-Ya Chang, Ho-Fang Tsai, Tzu-Wei Fang, Chia-Hung Chen, and Mei-Lan Hsu
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.18.01(F3C)
Profiling of Ionospheric Electron Density Based on FormoSat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the Intense Observation Period Experiment
Author(s): Lung-Chih Tsai, Chao-Han Liu, and Tung-Yuan Hsiao
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.19.01(F3C)
An Examination of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Ionospheric Electron Density Profile: Data Quality Criteria and Comparisons with the IRI Model
Author(s): Kuo-Feng Yang, Yen-Hsyang Chu, Ching-Lun Su, Hsiao-Tsun Ko, and Chien-Ya Wang
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.10.05.01(F3C)
Ionospheric Electron Density Concurrently Derived by TIP and GOX of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC
Author(s): Mei-Lan Hsu, Panthalingal Krishnanunni Rajesh, Jann-Yenq Liu, Lung-Chih Tsai, Ho-Fang Tsai, Chien-Hung Lin, Kenneth F. Dymond, Clayton Coker, Damien H. Chua, Scott A. Budzien, and Chio-Zong Cheng
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.04.24.02(F3C)
Tomographic Reconstruction of the Low-Latitude Nighttime Electron Density Using FORMOSAT-3/COMSIC Radio Occultation and UV Photometer Data
Author(s): Kenneth F. Dymond, Scott A. Budzien, Damien H. Chua, Clayton Coker, and Jann-Yenq Liu
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.15.01(F3C)
Observations of the Ionosphere Using the Tiny Ionospheric Photometer
Author(s): Clayton Coker, Kenneth F. Dymond, Scott A. Budzien, Damien H. Chua, Jann-Yenq Liu, David N. Anderson, Sunanda Basu, and Todd R. Pedersen
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.18.02(F3C)
Campaign Investigation of Ionospheric Plasma Irregularities in Sporadic E Region Using FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Satellite and Chung-Li 30 MHz Coherent Radar
Author(s): Chien-Ya Wang, Yen-Hsyang Chu, Ching-Lun Su, Ruey-Ming Kuong, Hsyang-Chan Chen, and Fan-Da Chu
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.22.01(F3C)
Horizontal Ionospheric Electron Density Gradients Observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC TIP: Spatial Distributions and Effects on VLF Wave Propagation at Mid-Latitudes
Author(s): Damien H. Chua, Kenneth F. Dymond, Scott A. Budzien, Clayton Coker, and Jann-Yenq Liu
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.16.01(F3C)
The Initial Results from the LITN of the FORMOSAT-3 TBB Program
Author(s): Tung Yuan Hsiao, Lung-Chih Tsai, and Chao-Han Liu
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.03.01(F3C)
Assimilative Modeling of Ionospheric Disturbances with FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and Ground-Based GPS Measurements
Author(s): Xiaoqing Pi, Anthony J. Mannucci, Byron A. Iijima, Brian D. Wilson, Attila Komjathy, Thomas F. Runge, and Vardan Akopian
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.04.01(F3C)
Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances and Plasma Bubbles Observed by an All-Sky Airglow Imager at Yonaguni, Japan
Author(s): Tadahiko Ogawa, Yuichi Otsuka, Kazuo Shiokawa, Takuya Tsugawa, Akinori Saito, Kazuaki Hoshinoo, Keisuke Matunaga, Minoru Kubota, and Mamoru Ishii
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.06.02(F3C)