Global monitoring of tropospheric water vapor with GPS radio occultation aboard CHAMP

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2222-2227

  Heise, S ^a   Wickert, J ^a   Beyerle, G ^a   Schmidt, T ^a   Reigber, Ch ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHAMP; GPS radio occultation; Troposphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; CONDITION MONITORING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

CHAMP; GPS RADIO OCCULTATION; MID TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

VAPORS;

EID: 33745736762     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.066     Document Type: Article

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