Inversion and error estimation of GPS radio occultation data

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 82, Issue 1 B, 2004, Pages 507-531

  Kuo, Ying Hwa ^a   Wee, T K ^a   Sokolovskiy, S ^a   Rocken, C ^a   Schreiner, W ^a   Hunt, D ^a   Anthes, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; RADIOSONDE; REFRACTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 2942621980     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2004.507     Document Type: Article

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