GPS meteorology: Direct estimation of the absolute value of precipitable water

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 830-838

  Duan, Jingping ^a   Bevis, Michael ^a   Fang, Peng ^b   Bock, Yehuda ^b   Chiswell, Steven ^c   Businger, Steven ^c   Rocken, Christian ^d   Solheim, Frederick ^d   Van Hove, Teresa ^d   Ware, Randolph ^d   McClusky, Simon ^e   Herring, Thomas A ^e   King, Robert W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d University of Connecticut   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC ANALYSIS; GPS; PRECIPITABLE WATER;

EID: 0030430464     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0830:GMDEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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