Estimated errors in a global gravity wave climatology from GPS radio occultation temperature profiles

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-179

  De La Torre, A ^a   Llamedo, P ^a   Alexander, P ^b   Schmidt, T ^c   Wickert, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

GPS radio occultation; Gravity waves; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIO; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOADS; GPS RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; STATISTICAL SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WAVE CLIMATOLOGIES; WAVE ENERGY;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 79960553718     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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