GPS radio occultation on-board the OCEANSAT-2 mission: An Indian (ISRO) - Italian (ASI) collaboration

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-393

  Perona, Giovanni ^a   Notarpietro, Riccardo ^a   Gabella, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global positioning system (GPS); Oceansat 2; Radio occultation; Radio occultation sounder of the atmosphere (ROSA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960362491     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: 0975105X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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