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A simple side by side comparison of the water vapor retrieval methods and simulated results for two different absorptive occultation instruments is presented: the latest Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment instrument (SAGE III), a currently operational solar occultation instrument, and the Active Tropospheric Ozone and Moisture Sounder (ATOMS), a proposed active microwave occultation system. The ATOMS system is shown to have several potential advantages over SAGE III for monitoring atmospheric water vapor.
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Ward, D.M. (2004). Water Vapor Profiling Using Absorptive Occultation Measurements: A Comparison between SAGE III and ATOMS. In: Kirchengast, G., Foelsche, U., Steiner, A.K. (eds) Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09041-1_21
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