Retrieving temperature, water vapour and surface pressure information from refractive-index profiles derived by radio occultation: A simulation study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 566, 2000, Pages 1661-1683

  Healy, S B ^a   Eyre, J R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ID Var; Satellite observations; Variational analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; RADIO WAVE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033868591     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56606     Document Type: Article

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