GNSS radio occultation constellation observing system experiments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 555-572

  Bauer, Peter ^a   Radnóti, GáBor ^a   Healy, Sean ^a   Cardinali, Carla ^a  

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

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EID: 84893860890     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00130.1     Document Type: Article

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