Talk:GNSS radio occultation

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Merger proposal[edit]

I agree that this article should be merged with Radio occultation, but since RO in practice is almost exclusively GPS RO these days, it would be more sensible to treat this as the primary topic. The existing RO article can be folded into a section on the mechanics of how RO is performed. siafu (talk) 15:52, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to be fairly knowledgeable on the topic, this approach makes sense based on your explanation. Maybe in a few days we'll go ahead and merge them, give other time to comment. --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 02:32, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article/section names should reflect the hierarchy of concepts, not popularity: GPS-RO is a type of RO, not the other way around. Also worth looking is Special:WhatLinksHere/Radio_occultation. Fgnievinski (talk) 19:28, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good point Fg, thank you. Anyone else? --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 22:16, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree in principle, and non-GNSS RO has been a staple of extraplanetary missions since the 70s, but the reality is that ~99% of all RO measurements come from GPS signals, and a similar proportion of the literature is focused on GNSS RO instead of the "more general" topic, which is itself limited to atmospheric soundings of the other planets in the Solar system. We run the very serious risk of creating something of a coatrack at radio occultation as a result. However, I would certainly agree that merging these two articles is more important than which way they merger actually goes. siafu (talk) 18:07, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree as well, when will this be merged? 145.94.126.25 (talk) 13:05, 30 April 2014 (UTC) Joep Done[reply]