Atmospheric temperature change detection with GPS radio occultation 1995 to 2008

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Steiner, A K ^a   Kirchengast, G ^a   Lackner, B C ^a   Pirscher, B ^a   Borsche, M ^a   Foelsche, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RADIOSONDES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATORS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE TRENDS; COOLING TRENDS; DETECTION TIME; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NEW HIGH; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SATELLITE DATA; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; UPPER AIR; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GPS; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 72149118724     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039777     Document Type: Article

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