Vertical resolution approaching 100 m for GPS occultations of the Earth's atmosphere

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1475-1484

  Mortensen, M D ^a,c   Linfield, R P ^b   Kursinski, E R ^b  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; RADIO RECEIVERS; REMOTE SENSING; DIFFRACTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ATMOSPHERIC REMOTE SENSING; FORWARD PROPAGATION; FRESNEL DIFFRACTION; GPS RECEIVERS; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; PHASE COHERENCE; RESOLUTION LIMITS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0033225076     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900093     Document Type: Article

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