Atmospheric diurnal and semi-diurnal variations observed with GPS radio occultation soundings

Atmospheric diurnal and semi-diurnal variations observed with GPS radio occultation soundings F. Xie, D. L. Wu, C. O. Ao, and A. J. Mannucci Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA now at: Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE), University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA Received: 5 September 2009 – Accepted: 16 November 2009 – Published: 26 November 2009 Correspondence to: F. Xie (feiqin.xie@jpl.nasa.gov) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.

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