Single frequency processing of atmospheric radio occultations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3731-3744

  de la Torre Juarez M ^a   Hajj, G A ^b   Kursinski, E R ^a,b   Kuang, D ^a   Mannucci, A J ^a   Romans, L J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VAPORS; WATER;

FREQUENCY PROCESSING; RADIO OCCULTATION; SIGNAL BROADCASTING;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA PROCESSING; GPS; SATELLITE MISSION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2642548794     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000156800     Document Type: Article

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