Observing Earth's atmosphere with radio occultation measurements using the global positioning system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 23429-23465

  Kursinski, E R ^a,b   Hajj, G A ^b   Schofield, J T ^b   Linfield, R P ^b   Hardy, K R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AS and T   (United States)

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EID: 3643127091     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01569     Document Type: Article

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