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12. GNSS Sensing of Climate Variability

Author : Joseph Awange

Published in: GNSS Environmental Sensing

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Poor reliability of radiosonde records across most developing countries in the southern hemisphere imposes serious challenges in understanding the structure of upper-tropospheric and lower-stratospheric (UTLS) region, i.e., the tropopause. The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) mission launched in April 2006 has overcome many observational limitations inherent in conventional atmospheric sounding instruments.

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Title: GNSS Sensing of Climate Variability
Author: Joseph Awange
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: GNSS Environmental Sensing
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-58417-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-58418-8

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58418-8_12