Assessing the ducting phenomenon and its potential impact on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)  radio occultation refractivity retrievals over the northeast Pacific Ocean using radiosondes and global reanalysis

Winning Jr., Thomas E.; Xie, Feiqin; Nelson, Kevin J.

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Assessing the ducting phenomenon and its potential impact on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) radio occultation refractivity retrievals over the northeast Pacific Ocean using radiosondes and global reanalysis

Thomas E. Winning Jr., Feiqin Xie, and Kevin J. Nelson

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