An observing system simulation experiment for climate monitoring with GNSS radio occultation data: Setup and test bed study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Foelsche, Ulrich ^a   Kirchengast, Gottfried ^a   Steiner, Andrea K ^a   Kornblueh, Luis ^b   Manzini, Elisa ^c   Bengtsson, Lennart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; MONITORING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE GAS; IONOSPHERE; MONITORING SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM;

EID: 53149096224     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009231     Document Type: Article

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