Sensitivity of GNSS radio occultation data to horizontal variability in the troposphere

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 225-240

  Foelsche, Ulrich ^a   Kirchengast, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric propagation; Inverse theory; Pressure, density, and temperature; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; RADIO NAVIGATION; RAY TRACING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

POINT TRAJECTORY; RADIO OCCULTATION DATA;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GNSS; GPS;

EID: 1842734143     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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