Estimation of winds from GPS radio occultations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2451-2461

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

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageostrophic circulations; Bayesian methods; Sampling; Satellite observations; Soundings; Wind

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COSMOLOGY; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; ITERATIVE METHODS; RADIO; SAMPLING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATIONS; BAYESIAN METHODS; CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOADS; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; RADIO OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUNDINGS;

METEOROLOGY;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; JET STREAM; MAP; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84911371104     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00061.1     Document Type: Article

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