Application of GPS radio occultation method for observation of the internal waves in the atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Liou, Yuei An ^a,b   Pavelyev, A G ^c   Wickert, J ^d   Liu, S F ^e   Pavelyev, A A ^c   Schmidt, T ^d   Igarashi, K ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; GPS; IMAGING METHOD; INTERNAL WAVE; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 33646392973     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005823     Document Type: Article

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