Measurement noise and stratospheric gravity wave characteristics obtained from GPS occultation data

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 417-428

  Marquardt, Christian ^a   Healy, S B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 24144489489     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.83.417     Document Type: Article

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