Observations and simulations of receiver-induced refractivity biases in GPS radio occultation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Beyerle, G ^a   Schmidt, T ^a   Wickert, Jens ^a   Heise, Stefan ^a   Rothacher, M ^a   Konig Langlo G ^b   Lauritsen, K B ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO RECEIVERS; RADIOSONDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GPS; RADIO; RADIOSONDE; SIMULATION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750633524     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006673     Document Type: Article

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