Comparison of water vapor and temperature results from GPS radio occultation aboard CHAMP with MOZAIC aircraft measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3406-3411

  Heise, Stefan ^a   Wickert, Jens ^a   Beyerle, Georg ^a   Schmidt, Torsten ^a   Smit, Herman ^b   Cammas, Jean Pierre ^c   Rothacher, Markus ^a  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP); Global Positioning System (GPS) radio occultation (RO); Measurement of OZone and water vapor by Airbus in service airCraft (MOZAIC); Troposphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; OZONE; RADIO; REFRACTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; VAPORS; WATER ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENTS; ALTITUDE RANGES; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES; CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOAD (CHAMP); CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOADS; EUROPEANS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; LOW EARTH ORBITING; POWERFUL TOOLS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SERVICE AIRCRAFT; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 56849130472     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.920268     Document Type: Article

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