Refractivity coefficients used in the assimilation of GPS radio occultation measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Healy, S B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COOLING; GASES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; REFRACTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BENDING ANGLE; DRY AIR; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORWARD MODELS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; MODEL STATE; NON-IDEAL GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; RADIO OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; FORWARD MODELING; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; HYDROSTATICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOSONDE; REFRACTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 78651308527     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014013     Document Type: Article

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