Lower troposphere refractivity bias in GPS occultation retrievals

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Ao, C O ^a   Meehan, T K ^a   Hajj, G A ^a   Mannucci, A J ^a   Beyerle, G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

End to end simulation; GPS occultation; Refractivity bias

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GPS; REFRACTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0346066243     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003216     Document Type: Article

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