Morphology of atmospheric refraction index variations at different altitudes from GPS/MET satellite observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 6-9, 2004, Pages 427-435

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

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatology; GPS satellites; Gravity waves; Middle atmosphere; Radio wave refraction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; REFRACTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 1842799259     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.01.031     Document Type: Article

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