Simulation studies of GPS radio occultation measurements

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Beyerle, G ^a   Gorbunov, M E ^b   Ao, C O ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS radio occultation; Refractivity; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIOSONDES; WHITE NOISE;

ABEL INVERSION; ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; CARRIER PHASE DETECTORS; MULTIPLE PHASE SCREEN METHOD; RADIO OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0348107153     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002800     Document Type: Article

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