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radio occultation  

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  • Radio occultation (RO) is a remote sensing technique used for measuring the physical properties of a planetary atmosphere or ring system. Other satellite carriers onboard GNSS-Radio occultation include CHAMP (satellite), GRACE and GRACE-FO, MetOp and the recently launched COSMIC-2. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_occultation)

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