A simplified approach for generating GNSS radio occultation refractivity climatologies

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-129

  Gleisner, H ^a   Healy, S B ^b  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; GNSS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IONOSPHERE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873670686     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-121-2013     Document Type: Article

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