Estimating horizontal gradients of tropospheric path delay with a single GPS receiver

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 5019-5035

  Bar Sever, Yoaz E ^a   Kroger, Peter M ^a   Borjesson, Jorgen A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0001078681     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03534     Document Type: Article

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