Inversion of GPS occultation measurements using Fresnel diffraction theory

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2441-2444

  Moïtensen, Mette D ^a,b   Høeg, Per ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIFFRACTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FRESNEL INVERSION; OCCULTATION MEASUREMENT; DIFFRACTION EFFECTS; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION THEORY; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; DIFFRACTION;

GPS; OCCULTATION; OPTICS; WEATHER PREDICTION;

EID: 0032124712     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl51838     Document Type: Article

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