Improving GPS Radio occultation stratospheric refractivity retrievals for climate benchmarking

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ao, Chi O ^a   Mannucci, Anthony J ^a   Kursinski, E Robert ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Broad Reach Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ABEL INVERSION; BENDING ANGLE; CLIMATE MONITORING; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; HIGH ALTITUDE; MEASUREMENT NOISE; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; RANDOM NOISE; SIMULATION STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC BIAS;

REFRACTION;

ALTITUDE; BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COSMIC; ERROR CORRECTION; GPS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 84862897439     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051720     Document Type: Article

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