Operational NWP assimilation of GPS radio occultation data

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 129-133

  Buontempo, Carlo ^a   Jupp, Adrian ^a   Rennie, Michael ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; GPS radio occultation; Numerical weather prediction; Satellite profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149084196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.173     Document Type: Article

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