Temperature comparison between CHAMP radio occultation and TIMED/SABER measurements in the lower stratosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1423-1428

  Wrasse, C M ^a,b   Fechine, J ^b   Takahashi, H ^b   Denardini, C M ^b   Wickert, J ^c   Mlynczak, M G ^d   Russell, J M ^e   Barbosa, C L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radio occultation; Remote sensing; Stratosphere; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CHALLENGING MINI-SATELLITE PAYLOAD (CHAMP); RADIO OCCULTATION (RO);

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 41549162545     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.06.073     Document Type: Article

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