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It has not yet been implemented in orbit. In this paper, we analyzed the attenuation properties at different heights of centimeter and millimeter waves based on simulations. The observing capabilities with different frequency combinations at the X, K, and M bands were analyzed. The results show that LMO may improve the retrieval accuracy of bending angles above 35 km. By using several appropriate frequencies at the X+K+M band, water vapor profiles from the near-surface to the lower stratosphere (~24 km) can be obtained. When the M-band frequencies were added, the temperature retrieval accuracy does not change obviously, but the accuracy of water vapor retrieval can significantly improve above 15 km, especially at about 17\u201324 km, and the RMS errors decrease from over 20% to less 10%. For promoting the LMO mission in the real world, a frequency combination at the X+K band is proposed, which can provide the potential to observe the temperature profiles at about 2.5\u201350 km and water vapor profiles at about 2.5\u201315 km accurately under clear and cloudy conditions. This study demonstrates that LMO can greatly extend the capabilities of the radio occultation technique and improve our ability to measure the moist atmospheric profiles globally.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15020391","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,9]],"date-time":"2023-01-09T04:47:08Z","timestamp":1673239628000},"page":"391","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Estimation of Moist Atmospheric Profiles from Refraction and Attenuation Measurements by Using Centimeter and Millimeter Wave Links between LEO Satellites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Zhihua","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmospheric and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmospheric and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"}]},{"given":"Daren","family":"Lyu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmospheric and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"654","article-title":"Impact of human activities on climate system: An interpretation of Chapter III of WGI report of IPCC AR6","volume":"44","author":"Sun","year":"2021","journal-title":"Trans. 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