The radio occultation experiment aboard CHAMP: Operational data analysis and validation of vertical atmospheric profiles

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 1 B, 2004, Pages 381-395

  Wickert, Jens ^a   Schmidt, Torsten ^a   Beyerle, Georg ^a   König, Rolf ^a   Reigber, Christoph ^a   Jakowski, Norbert ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FEATURE; GPS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 2642540815     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.381     Document Type: Article

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