Validation of operational GRAS radio occultation data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Von Engeln, A ^a   Healy, S ^b   Marquardt, C ^a   Andres, Y ^a   Sancho, F ^a  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING ANGLE; CLOSED-LOOP; CO-LOCATED; LOWER NOISE; MICROWAVE RADIANCES; NORTHERN LATITUDES; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

COSMOLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LATITUDE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 71949093212     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039968     Document Type: Article

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