Applications of COSMIC to meteorology and climate

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-156

  Anthes, Richard A ^a   Rocken, Christian ^b   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric sounding systems; COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology; Global Positioning System (GPS); GPS Meteorology (GPS MET); Ionosphere and Climate; Radio occultation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034379693     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2000.11.1.115(COSMIC)     Document Type: Article

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