First continuous GPS soundings of temperature structure over Antarctic winter from FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC constellation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Kuo Ying ^a   Lin, Song Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIOSONDES;

LATITUDINAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; WINTER SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GPS; POLAR REGION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WINTER;

EID: 38849147649     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030159     Document Type: Article

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