Global distributions of the refraction index variances at different altitudes in the atmosphere from GPS/MET satellite occultation data

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 241-249

  Gavrilov, N M ^a   Karpova, N V ^a   Jacobi, Ch ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatology; Global positioning system; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Radio occultation; Satellites; Waves and turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVES; JET ENGINES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

JET STREAMS; LATTITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GPS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 1842734140     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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