Mapping GPS radio occultation data by Bayesian interpolation

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1062-1074

  Leroy, Stephen S ^a   Ao, Chi O ^b   Verkhoglyadova, Olga ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Interpolation schemes; Occultation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN METHODS; BEST FIT; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; INTERPOLATION SCHEMES; IONOSPHERE AND CLIMATES; NON UNIFORM DATA; OCCULTATION; OVERFITTING; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; REGULARIZER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACE AND TIME; SPHERICAL HARMONIC BASIS; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATOLOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

INTERPOLATION;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHAMP; COSMIC; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING METHOD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84868225145     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00179.1     Document Type: Article

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