Dynamic error estimation for radio occultation bending angles retrieved by the full spectrum inversion technique

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Lohmann, Martin S ^a,b  

^a University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BENDING ANGLES; DYNAMIC ERROR ESTIMATION; ERROR ESTIMATION; RADIO OCCULTATION;

SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33845799271     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003396     Document Type: Article

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