A test of water vapor radiometer-based troposphere calibration using very long baseline interferometry observations on a 21-km baseline

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-146

  Linfield, R P ^a   Keihm, S J ^a   Teitelbaum, L P ^a   Walter, S J ^a   Mahoney, M J ^a   Treuhaft, R N ^a   Skjerve, L J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; GOLD; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIOMETERS; TIME DELAY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; ANTENNAS; DOPPLER EFFECT; INTERFEROMETRY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERFORMANCE; SPACECRAFT;

DELAY VARIATION; LINE-OF-SIGHT PATHS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TROPOSPHERIC DELAYS; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; WATER VAPOR RADIOMETERS;

INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOMETERS;

DELAY FLUCTUATIONS; DOPPLER MEASUREMENT; DUAL FREQUENCY; LINE OF SIGHT PATH DELAYS; RESIDUAL DELAY; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; WATER VAPOR RADIOMETER;

EID: 0029777128     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS02192     Document Type: Article

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