Atmospheric remote sensing using a combined extinctive and refractive stellar occultation technique 3. Inversion method for refraction measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Vervack Jr , Ronald J ^a   Yee, Jeng Hwa ^a   Carbary, James F ^a   Morgan, Frank ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk atmosphere; Occultation; Refraction; Retrieval technique; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448963475     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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