Improvements to a GPS radio occultation ray-tracing model and their impacts on assimilation of bending angle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Liu, H ^a   Zou, X ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; GPS; Radio occultation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; GPS; RAY TRACING; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1342270011     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003160     Document Type: Article

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