Optimal noise filtering for the ionospheric correction of GPS radio occultation signals

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1398-1403

  Sokolovskiy, S ^a   Schreiner, W ^a   Rocken, C ^a   Hunt, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING ANGLE; COMBINED EFFECT; DOPPLER; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IONOSPHERIC CORRECTION; IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; OPTIMAL FILTERING; OPTIMAL NOISE; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RESIDUAL EFFECTS; SIMPLE METHOD; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; RADIO; REMOTE SENSING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CORRECTION; DOPPLER RADAR; GPS; IONOSPHERE; NOISE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 73049085071     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1192.1     Document Type: Article

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