Climatologies based on radio occultation data from CHAMP and formosat-3/COSMIC

New Horizons in Occultation Research: Studies in Atmosphere and Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 181-194

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

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 79960485460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00321-9_15     Document Type: Chapter

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