Improvements to GPS Airborne Radio Occultation in the Lower Troposphere Through Implementation of the Phase Matching Method: IMPROVING GPS-ARO RETRIEVALS USING PM
- PAR ID:
- 10044117
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Volume:
- 122
- Issue:
- 19
- ISSN:
- 2169-897X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 10,266 to 10,281
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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