Orbit dynamics of the solar occultation technique for satellite measurements of the Earth's atmosphere are described. A one-year mission is simulated and the orbit and mission design implications are discussed in detail. Geographical coverage capabilities are examined parametrically for a range of orbit conditions. The hypothetical mission is used to produce a simulated one-year data base of solar occultation measurements; each occultation event is assumed to produce a single number, or 'measurement' and some statistical properties of the data set are examined. A simple model is fitted to the data to demonstrate a procedure for examining global distributions of atmospheric constitutents with the solar occultation technique.


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    Title :

    Orbit Dynamics and Geographical Coverage Capabilities of Satellite-Based Solar Occultation Experiments for Global Monitoring of Stratospheric Constituents


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    Publication date :

    1980


    Size :

    76 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English