Systematic errors in atmospheric profiles obtained from Abelian inversion of radio occultation data: Effects of large-scale horizontal gradients

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D4, 1999, Pages 3971-3992

  Ahmad, Bilal ^a   Tyler, G Leonard ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING;

ABELIA;

EID: 0033608480     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200102     Document Type: Article

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