Space-based GPS meteorology and inversion technology

Author: Yan Haojian (et al.) Editors
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book focuses on the modern detection methods in meteorology—GPS occultation and its inversion techniques. It, together with the ground-based GPS observation network for detecting atmospheric water vapor, forms a new branch of meteorology—GPS meteorology. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a new-generation space satellite navigation system developed by the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1970s.