Scientific Objectives

Topical areas to be discussed during the workshop include:

• Status of RO data processing and data availability
• RO retrieval improvements in the lower troposphere and upper stratosphere
• Data assimilation into numerical models and impact studies from leading weather centers
• NWP model verification and improvement using RO data - improvement of micro-physical processes and parameterizations of planetary boundary layer, cloud/convection schemes, and gravity wave activity
• Climate studies with RO data - climate trend detection, climate model verification and improvement
• Ionosphere and space weather research and applications – electron density, total electron content, scintillation, climatology, data assimilation, and model verification
• Precise orbit determination and excess atmospheric phase processing - algorithm improvements and validation studies
• Comparisons with other sensors including various RO missions and other measurement techniques
• Updates and progress of the RO Modeling EXperiment (ROMEX)
• Plans for future validation experiments, campaigns, or other projects in the neutral atmosphere and ionosphere
• Programmatic updates on current missions such as COSMIC-2
• Future missions
• Adjacent remote sensing techniques such as GNSS reflectometry and scatterometry