Sensitivity of GPS occultation to the stratopause height

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Schrøder, Thomas M ^a   Ao, Chi O ^a   de la Torre Juárez, Manuel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CURVE FITTING; EXTRAPOLATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; GPS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 34249675673     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007330     Document Type: Article

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