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31-01-20

1st PAZ Polarimetric Radio Occultations User Workshop, April 23, 2020

After nearly two years of GNSS PRO data acquisition, this workshop seeks to prospect GNSS PRO data users and new scientific applications. The two main objectives of the workshop are (1) to provide poten... [read more]

09-10-19

PAZ radio occultation data disseminated worldwide continuously in near real time

The USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) started dissemination of the PAZ radio occultation data and products in near real time (NRT) and continuously. Thanks to the agreements bet... [read more]

23-09-19

PAZ Radio Occultation profiles being operationally assimilated into a numerical weather prediction model

Researchers of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announced that data acquired by the Radio Occultation and Heavy Precipitation experiment aboard PAZ (ROHP-PAZ) are be... [read more]

06-03-19

JPL Feature Story describes the ROHP-PAZ experiment

NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) web page hosts today the story of the ROHP-PAZ experiment and the role of JPL in this adventure. The Feature Story can be read at:

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22-01-19

First ROHP-PAZ results published at Geophysical Research Letters and public release of the first set of GNSS polarimetric RO data!

An extensive co-location exercise is the base of this study that aims to test the hypothesis of the experiment. The questions to be answered are: "Are hydrometeors inducing polarimetric phase shifts in ... [read more]

14-05-18

First polarimetric GNSS radio-occultation data received

The ROHP-PAZ experiment will attempt simultaneous atmospheric thermodynamic and heavy rain retrievals. Over 200 profiles are acquired daily since then.