A climatology a multiple tropauses derived from GPS radio occultations with CHAMP and SAC-C

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Schmidt, T ^a   Beyerle, G ^a   Heise, S ^a   Wickert, J ^a   Rothacher, M ^a  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; JETS; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

MULTIPLE TROPOPAUSES; RADIO OCCULTATION; SUBTROPICAL JET;

CLIMATOLOGY;

GPS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 33645635122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024600     Document Type: Article

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