A robust method for tropopause altitude identification using GPS radio occultation data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Lewis, H W ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING ANGLE; COLD POINT; LAPSE RATE; NATURAL LOGARITHMS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE; ROBUST METHODS; TEMPERATURE PARAMETERS; TRANSFORM METHODS; WINDOW FUNCTIONS;

ALGEBRA; DATA PROCESSING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); WINDOWS;

CLOUDS;

BENCHMARKING; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; GPS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 68749104403     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039231     Document Type: Article

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