Roundabout way of profiling Earth's atmosphere.

Roundabout way of profiling Earth's atmosphere.

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The COSMIC (Constellation Observing Systems for Meteorology, Ionospheric and Climate) mission was initiated to take measurements of temperature and humidity in the atmosphere by means of a technique called radio occultation. A collaboration between the US and the Taiwanese National Space Organizatio...

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Publicat a:IEEE spectrum 43, 4(duplicate) (2006).
Autor principal: Digregorio, B.E
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Matèries:
COSMIC mission.
Constellation Observing Systems for Meteorology Ionospheric and Climate.
Earth atmosphere.
GPS radio occultation technique.
Taiwanese National Space Organization.
US Air Force Minotaur rocket.
US Global Positioning System.
Atmospheric humidity.
Atmospheric measurements.
Atmospheric temperature.
Microsatellites.
Radio receivers.