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On the Edge: Multipath Measures Snow Depth
The September “Innovation” column in this magazine, “It’s Not All Bad: Understanding and Using GNSS Multipath,” by Andria Bilich and Kristine Larson, mentions the use of multipath in studying soil...
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Innovation: Better Weather Prediction Using GPS
Water Vapor Tomography in the Swiss Alps By Simon Lutz, Marc Troller, Donat Perler, Alain Geiger, and Hans-Gert Kahle A team of Swiss researchers is using data from a network of GPS receivers and the...
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PlanetiQ Plans GNSS Weather Constellation
Figure credit: PlanetiQ. The company PlanetiQ plans to use GNSS to make real-time weather forecasts. PlanetiQ plans to launch a commercial weather satellite constellation by 2017, composed of 12 to 18...
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PlanetiQ’s New Pyxis GPS Sensor Tested for Weather Forecasts
Figure credit: PlanetiQ PlanetiQ has started testing its first Pyxis weather instrument with successful processing of GPS signals. The Pyxis represents a new paradigm in satellite weather sensor...
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PlanetiQ Selects Blue Canyon to Build Weather Satellites
PlanetiQ has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to build its weather satellite constellation, set to launch in 2016 and 2017. PlanetiQ chose BCT as a partner in developing the world’s first commercial...
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PlanetiQ signs weather satellite launch contract with India’s Antrix
PlanetiQ has signed a contract with Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), for the launch of PlanetiQ’s first two weather satellites on a Polar...
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NASA launches micro satellites with GNSS receivers for remote weather sensing
Surrey Satellite Technology’s Space GNSS Receiver Remote Sensing Instrument (SGR-ReSI) is the primary payload onboard NASA’s CYGNSS constellation, launched today, Dec. 15, from Cape Canaveral Air Force...
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On the Edge: Multipath Measures Snow Depth
The September “Innovation” column in this magazine, “It’s Not All Bad: Understanding and Using GNSS Multipath,” by Andria Bilich and Kristine Larson, mentions the use of multipath in studying soil...
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Innovation: Better Weather Prediction Using GPS
Water Vapor Tomography in the Swiss Alps By Simon Lutz, Marc Troller, Donat Perler, Alain Geiger, and Hans-Gert Kahle A team of Swiss researchers is using data from a network of GPS receivers and the...
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PlanetiQ Plans GNSS Weather Constellation
Figure credit: PlanetiQ. The company PlanetiQ plans to use GNSS to make real-time weather forecasts. PlanetiQ plans to launch a commercial weather satellite constellation by 2017, composed of 12 to 18...
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PlanetiQ’s New Pyxis GPS Sensor Tested for Weather Forecasts
Figure credit: PlanetiQ PlanetiQ has started testing its first Pyxis weather instrument with successful processing of GPS signals. The Pyxis represents a new paradigm in satellite weather sensor...
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PlanetiQ Selects Blue Canyon to Build Weather Satellites
PlanetiQ has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to build its weather satellite constellation, set to launch in 2016 and 2017. PlanetiQ chose BCT as a partner in developing the world’s first commercial...
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PlanetiQ signs weather satellite launch contract with India’s Antrix
PlanetiQ has signed a contract with Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), for the launch of PlanetiQ’s first two weather satellites on a Polar...
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NASA launches micro satellites with GNSS receivers for remote weather sensing
Surrey Satellite Technology’s Space GNSS Receiver Remote Sensing Instrument (SGR-ReSI) is the primary payload onboard NASA’s CYGNSS constellation, launched today, Dec. 15, from Cape Canaveral Air Force...
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ESA’s Pioneer mission sends GNSS-RO nanosatellites into orbit
News from the European Space Agency (ESA) Two tiny GNSS-RO nanosatellites now circle the Earth, ready for action. The first European Pioneer mission lifted off Nov. 29 from Sriharikota, India, to put...
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UCAR system boosts GNSS data for weather forecasting
Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. (AER), a Verisk business, will license a satellite-data-processing system from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), building on UCAR’s...
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COSMIC-1 mission for GPS reflectometry comes to an end
Image: NOAA The COSMIC-1 program ended on May 1, when the last of six tiny satellites were decommissioned. The satellites were launched 14 years ago, and outlived their planned lifespan by 12 years....
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NOAA report supports GNSS-RO for weather and space forecasts
Image: NOAA On June 26, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the summary of the results of Commercial Weather Data Pilot (CWDP) Round 2. View the summary here. In...
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JPL’s Sentinel-6 to use GNSS-RO for precise sea-level monitoring
To get the best measurements of Earth’s atmosphere, you sometimes have to leave it. This November, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will do just that. News from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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GPS: The environment’s unsung hero
J. David Grossman Can GPS support a greener, more sustainable planet? The answer is an emphatic “yes,” and it is already doing so today. GPS has become a fundamental technology across nearly every...
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