Processing of GRAS/METOP radio occultation data recorded in closed-loop and raw-sampling modes

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1021-1026

  Gorbunov, M E ^a,b   Lauritsen, K B ^b   Benzon, H H ^b   Larsen, G B ^b   Syndergaard, S ^b   Sorensen M B ^b  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; METOP-A; REFRACTION; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864497016     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1021-2011     Document Type: Article

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