Peter Forkman

Head of Department at Space, Earth and Environment

Peter Forkman is Head of Department at the Department of Space, Earth and Environment.
His research activities are focused towards ground-based microwave remote sensing of trace gases in the middle and upper atmosphere. His research interest includes, designing of radiometer systems including optimal observation and calibration methods.

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2023

Radiometry performance of the VGOS receivers of the Onsala twin telescopes

Gunnar Elgered, Peter Forkman, Rüdiger Haas et al

Proceedings of the 26th European VLBI Group for Geodesy and Astrometry Working Meeting, p. 45-49

Paper in proceeding

2023

Onsala Space Observatory – IVS Network Station Activities During 2021–2022, in International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry 2021+2022 Biennial Report, edited by K. L. Armstrong, D. Behrend, and K. D. Baver, NASA/TP-20230014975

Rüdiger Haas, Eskil Varenius, Gunnar Elgered et al

Report - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2023

Radiometry performance of the VGOS receivers of the Onsala twin telescopes

Gunnar Elgered, Peter Forkman, Rüdiger Haas et al

Conference poster

2021

Water vapour radiometry in geodetic very long baseline interferometry telescopes: assessed through simulations

Peter Forkman, Jonas Flygare, Gunnar Elgered

Journal of Geodesy. Vol. 95 (11)

Journal article

2020

Recovery and validation of Odin/SMR long-term measurements of mesospheric carbon monoxide

Francesco Grieco, Kristell Perot, Donal Murtagh et al

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Vol. 13 (9), p. 5013-5031

Journal article

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2020

Onsala Space Observatory – IVS Network Station Activities during 2017—2018

Rüdiger Haas, Thomas Hobiger, Gunnar Elgered et al

Report - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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2019

Comparison of Atmospheric Gradients Estimated From Ground-Based GNSS Observations and Microwave Radiometry

Gunnar Elgered, Peter Forkman, Tong Ning

The proceedings to the 7th Galileo Science Colloquium

Paper in proceeding

2019

Retrieval algorithms for atmospheric attenuation in the frequency band 15–52 GHz from two-channel microwave radiometer observations

Peter Forkman, Patrick Eriksson, Gunnar Elgered

Conference poster

2019

On the information content in linear horizontal delay gradients estimated from space geodesy observations

Gunnar Elgered, Tong Ning, Peter Forkman et al

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Vol. 12 (7), p. 3805-3823

Journal article

2019

Retrieval algorithms for atmospheric attenuation in the frequency band 15–52 GHz from two-channel microwave radiometer observations

Peter Forkman, Patrick Eriksson, Gunnar Elgered

Other conference contribution

2019

Comparison of atmospheric gradients estimated from ground-based GNSS observations and microwave radiometry

Gunnar Elgered, Peter Forkman, Tong Ning

Conference poster

2018

Ultra-wideband feed systems for the EVN and SKA - evaluated for VGOS

Jonas Flygare, Miroslav Pantaleev, John Conway et al

Other conference contribution

2017

Microwave Radiometer for Spectral Observations of Mesospheric Carbon Monoxide at 115 GHz Over Kharkiv, Ukraine

V. I. Piddyachiy, Valery Shulga, V. V. Myshenko et al

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. Vol. 38 (3), p. 292-302

Journal article

2017

Accuracy assessment of the two WVRs, Astrid and Konrad, at the Onsala Space Observatory

Peter Forkman, Gunnar Elgered, Tong Ning

Other conference contribution

2017

The SPARC water vapor assessment II: intercomparison of satellite and ground-based microwave measurements

G.E. Nedoluha, M. Kiefer, Stefan Lossow et al

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 17 (23), p. 14543-14558

Journal article

2016

A compact receiver system for simultaneous measurements of mesospheric CO and O3

Peter Forkman, Ole Martin Christensen, Patrick Eriksson et al

Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems. Vol. 2016 (5), p. 27-44

Journal article

2012

Six years of mesospheric CO estimated from ground-based frequency-switched microwave radiometry at 57° N compared with satellite instruments

Peter Forkman, Ole Martin Christensen, Patrick Eriksson et al

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Vol. 5 (5), p. 2827-2841

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2012

Observations of middle atmospheric H2O and O-3 during the 2010 major sudden stratospheric warming by a network of microwave radiometers

D. Scheiben, C. Straub, K. Hocke et al

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 12 (16), p. 7753-7765

Journal article

2011

The role of the QBO in the inter-hemispheric coupling of summer mesospheric temperatures

P. J. Espy, S. O. Fernandez, Peter Forkman et al

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 11 (2), p. 495-502

Journal article

2009

Validation of ground-based microwave radiometers at 22 GHz for stratospheric and mesospheric water vapor

A. Haefele, E. De Wachter, K. Hocke et al

Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 114 (23)

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2007

Seasonal variation in the correlation of airglow temperature and emission rate

P.J. Espy, Peter Forkman, Donal Murtagh

Geophysical Res. Lett.. Vol. 34, p. L17802-

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2006

An uncooled very low noise Schottky diode receiver front-end for middle atmospheric ozone and carbon monoxide measurements

Peter Forkman, V. I. Piddyachiy, A. M. Korolev et al

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. Vol. 27 (1), p. 25-35

Journal article

2005

Observing the Vertical Branch of the Mesospheric Circulation at lat N 60° Using Ground Based Measurements of CO and H2O

Peter Forkman, Patrick Eriksson, Donal Murtagh

Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 110 (D5), p. 1-11

Journal article

2004

Uncooled low noise frontend of the receiver system for ground-based monitoring of stratospheric ozone and carbon monoxide

Peter Forkman, V.M. Shulga, V.I. Piddiachii et al

Proceedings of the 5th International Kharkov Symposium "Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Waves (MSMW´04), Ukraine. Vol. 2, p. 886-888

Other conference contribution

2004

Strato-mesospheric Measurements of Carbon Monoxide with the Odin Sub-millimetre Radiometer: Retrieval and First Results

E. Dupuy, Joachim Urban, P. Ricaud et al

Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 31 (20)

Journal article

2003

Longest continous ground-based measurements of mesospheric CO

Peter Forkman, Patrick Eriksson, Anders Winnberg et al

Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 30 (10)

Journal article

2003