CHAMP and SAC-C atmospheric occultation results and intercomparisons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Hajj, G A ^a   Ao, C O ^a   Iijima, B A ^a   Kuang, D ^a   Kursinski, E R ^b   Mannucci, A J ^a   Meehan, T K ^a   Romans, L J ^a   de la Torre Juarez, M ^a   Yunck, T P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

CHAMP; GPS occultations; SAC C; Temperature profiling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GPS; IONOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 2642558846     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003909     Document Type: Article

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