A quality control procedure for GPS radio occultation data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Zou, X ^a   Zeng, Zhen ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DATA QUALITY; GPS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33644957297     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005846     Document Type: Article

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