Local time influence in single-satellite radio occultation climatologies from Sun-synchronous and non-Sun-synchronous satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Pirscher, Barbara ^a   Foelsche, U ^a   Lackner, B C ^a   Kirchengast, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; SAMPLING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GPS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34548074240     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007934     Document Type: Article

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