Peter Forkman

Senior Research Engineer and vice head of Department for Undergraduate Education, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Onsala Space Observatory, Space Geodesy and Geodynamics

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Peter Forkman is a staff member at Onsala Space Observatory. 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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Engineering Measurements, RRY140, for the Bachelor programme in Automation and Mechatronics, Z.

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

Author: Peter Forkman; Ole Martin Christensen; Patrick Eriksson; Joachim Urban; B. Funke

Published: 2012

Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Publication type: Journal article
Observing the Vertical Branch of the Mesospheric Circulation at lat N 60° Using Ground Based Measurements of CO and H2O

Author: Peter Forkman; Patrick Eriksson; Donal Murtagh

Published: 2005

Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research

Publication type: Journal article
Longest continous ground-based measurements of mesospheric CO

Author: Peter Forkman; Patrick Eriksson; Anders Winnberg; Rolando Garcia; Douglas Kinnison

Published: 2003

Published in: Geophysical Research Letters

Publication type: Journal article
Latest publications

2021
Water vapour radiometry in geodetic very long baseline interferometry telescopes: assessed through simulations

Author: Peter Forkman; Jonas Flygare; Gunnar Elgered

Published: 2021

Published in: Journal of Geodesy

Publication type: Journal article
2020
Recovery and validation of Odin/SMR long-term measurements of mesospheric carbon monoxide

Author: Francesco Grieco; Kristell Perot; Donal Murtagh; Patrick Eriksson; Peter Forkman; Bengt Rydberg; Bernd Funke; Kaley A. Walker; Hugh C. Pumphrey

Published: 2020

Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Publication type: Journal article
Onsala Space Observatory – IVS Network Station Activities during 2017—2018

Author: Rüdiger Haas; Thomas Hobiger; Gunnar Elgered; Niko Petteri Kareinen; Grzegorz Klopotek; Joakim Strandberg; Periklis Diamantidis; Hans-Georg Scherneck; Maxime Mouyen; Peter Forkman

Published: 2020

Published in:

Publication type: Report
2019
Comparison of Atmospheric Gradients Estimated From Ground-Based GNSS Observations and Microwave Radiometry

Author: Gunnar Elgered; Peter Forkman; Tong Ning

Published: 2019

Published in: The proceedings to the 7th Galileo Science Colloquium

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

Author: Peter Forkman; Patrick Eriksson; Gunnar Elgered

Published: 2019

Published in:

Publication type: Other conference contribution
Retrieval algorithms for atmospheric attenuation in the frequency band 15–52 GHz from two-channel microwave radiometer observations

Author: Peter Forkman; Patrick Eriksson; Gunnar Elgered

Published: 2019

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Publication type: Conference poster
Comparison of atmospheric gradients estimated from ground-based GNSS observations and microwave radiometry

Author: Gunnar Elgered; Peter Forkman; Tong Ning

Published: 2019

Published in:

Publication type: Conference poster
On the information content in linear horizontal delay gradients estimated from space geodesy observations

Author: Gunnar Elgered; Tong Ning; Peter Forkman; Rüdiger Haas

Published: 2019

Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Publication type: Journal article
2018
Ultra-wideband feed systems for the EVN and SKA - evaluated for VGOS

Author: Jonas Flygare; Miroslav Pantaleev; John Conway; Michael Lindqvist; Leif Helldner; Magnus Dahlgren; Rüdiger Haas; Peter Forkman

Published: 2018

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Publication type: Other conference contribution
2017
Accuracy assessment of the two WVRs, Astrid and Konrad, at the Onsala Space Observatory

Author: Peter Forkman; Gunnar Elgered; Tong Ning

Published: 2017

Published in:

Publication type: Other conference contribution
The SPARC water vapor assessment II: intercomparison of satellite and ground-based microwave measurements

Author: G.E. Nedoluha; M. Kiefer; Stefan Lossow; R. Michael Gomez; N. Kämpfer; Martin Lainer; Peter Forkman; Ole Martin Christensen; Jung Jin Oh; P. Hartogh; John Anderson; K. Bramstedt; B. M. Dinelli; M. Garcia-Comas; M.E. Hervig; Donal Murtagh; P. Raspollini; W.G. Read; K. H. Rosenlof; G.P. Stiller; K. A. Walker

Published: 2017

Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Publication type: Journal article
Microwave Radiometer for Spectral Observations of Mesospheric Carbon Monoxide at 115 GHz Over Kharkiv, Ukraine

Author: V. I. Piddyachiy; Valery Shulga; V. V. Myshenko; A. Korolev; O. Antyufeyev; D. Shulga; Peter Forkman

Published: 2017

Published in: Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Publication type: Journal article
2016
A compact receiver system for simultaneous measurements of mesospheric CO and O3

Author: Peter Forkman; Ole Martin Christensen; Patrick Eriksson; Bhushan Billade; Vessen Vassilev; Valery Shulga

Published: 2016

Published in: Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems

Publication type: Journal article
2012
Observations of middle atmospheric H2O and O-3 during the 2010 major sudden stratospheric warming by a network of microwave radiometers

Author: D. Scheiben; C. Straub; K. Hocke; Peter Forkman; N. Kämpfer

Published: 2012

Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Publication type: Journal article
2011
The role of the QBO in the inter-hemispheric coupling of summer mesospheric temperatures

Author: P. J. Espy; S. O. Fernandez; Peter Forkman; Donal Murtagh; J. Stegman

Published: 2011

Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Publication type: Journal article
2009
Validation of ground-based microwave radiometers at 22 GHz for stratospheric and mesospheric water vapor

Author: A. Haefele; E. De Wachter; K. Hocke; N. Kämpfer; G.E. Nedoluha; R.M. Gomez; Patrick Eriksson; Peter Forkman; A. Lambert; M.J. Schwartz

Published: 2009

Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research

Publication type: Journal article
2007
Seasonal variation in the correlation of airglow temperature and emission rate

Author: P.J. Espy; Peter Forkman; Donal Murtagh

Published: 2007

Published in: Geophysical Res. Lett.

Publication type: Journal article
2006
An uncooled very low noise Schottky diode receiver front-end for middle atmospheric ozone and carbon monoxide measurements

Author: Peter Forkman; V. I. Piddyachiy; A. M. Korolev; V. V. Myshenko; A. V. Myshenko; Valery Shulga

Published: 2006

Published in: International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Publication type: Journal article
2004
Uncooled low noise frontend of the receiver system for ground-based monitoring of stratospheric ozone and carbon monoxide

Author: Peter Forkman; V.M. Shulga; V.I. Piddiachii; A.M. Korolev; V.V. Myshenko; A.V. Myshenko

Published: 2004

Published in: Proceedings of the 5th International Kharkov Symposium "Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Waves (MSMW´04), Ukraine

Publication type: Other conference contribution
Strato-mesospheric Measurements of Carbon Monoxide with the Odin Sub-millimetre Radiometer: Retrieval and First Results

Author: E. Dupuy; Joachim Urban; P. Ricaud; E. Le Flochmoën; Nicolas Lautié; Donal Murtagh; J. De La Noë; L. El Amraoui; Patrick Eriksson; Peter Forkman; U. Frisk; F. Jégou; Carlos Jimenez Sanchez; Michael Olberg

Published: 2004

Published in: Geophysical Research Letters

Publication type: Journal article
2003
Ground based measurements of upper atmospheric CO and H2O using microwave radiometry

Author: Peter Forkman

Published: 2003

Published in:

Publication type: Doctoral thesis
The 22 GHz radio-aeronomy receiver at Onsala Space Observatory

Author: Peter Forkman; Patrick Eriksson; Anders Winnberg

Published: 2003

Published in: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Publication type: Journal article

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