Comparison of GPS radio occultation soundings with radiosondes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kuo, Y H ^a,b   Schreiner, W S ^a   Wang, J ^b   Rossiter, D L ^a,c   Zhang, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MONITORING; SATELLITES;

CLIMATE MONITORING; RADIO OCCULTATION (RO); SATELLITE MISSION; SOUNDING TECHNIQUES;

RADIOSONDES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; RADIOSONDE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 20444485213     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021443     Document Type: Article

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