GPS Radio Occultation: Results from CHAMP. GRACE and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-50

  Wickert, Jens ^a   Michalak, Grzegorz ^a   Schmidt, Torsten ^a   Beyerle, Georg ^a   Cheng, Chio Zong ^b   Healy, Sean B ^c   Heise, Stefan ^a   Huang, Cheng Yung ^d   Jakowski, Norbert ^e   Kohler, Wolfgang ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^e   Offiler, Dave ^f   Ozawa, Eiji ^g   Pavelyev, Alexander G ^h   Rothacher, Markus ^a   Tapley, Byron ⁱ   Arras, Christina ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^h INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Radio occultation; Sporadic e layer; Tropopause; Water vapor; Weather forecast

Indexed keywords

GPS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 66449116216     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.26.01(F3C)     Document Type: Article

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