Analysis of the CHAMP experimental data on radio-occultation sounding of the Earth's atmosphere

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 726-740

  Gorbunov, M E ^a   Lauritsen, K B ^b   Rodin, Andreas ^c   Tomassini, M ^c   Kornblueh, L ^d  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 29344444029     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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