BackForwardInstrument:  IGOR (TanDEM) 

Instrument details
Acronym IGOR (TanDEM)
Full name Integrated GPS Occultation Receiver
Purpose Temperature/humidity sounding with highest vertical resolution, space weather
Short description Measuring the phase delay due to refraction during occultation between GPS and LEO
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Limb scanning from 40 km altitude to close-to-surface by time sampling - Azimuth: 90° sector fore-
Resolution About 300 km horizontal, 0.5 km vertical
Coverage / Cycle 1 GNSS constellation tracked. Soundings/day: about 100; average spacing 2250; global coverage (300 km spacing): 56 days
Mass 4.6 kg Power 16 W Data Rate 17 kbps

 

Providing Agency DLR
Instrument Maturity Backed by strong heritage
Utilization Period: TBD
Last update: 2022-07-25
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Active and radio-occultation sensor
  • GNSS radio-occultation
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • GNSS radio occultation (basic constellation)
  • GNSS radio occultation sounder (basic constellation)
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Atmospheric temperature
  • Height of the top of PBL
  • Height of the tropopause
  • Specific humidity
  • Temperature of the tropopause
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective. No data available.