GPS surveying with 1 mm precision using corrections for atmospheric slant path delay

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1859-1862

  Alber, Chris ^a   Ware, Randolph ^a   Rocken, Christian ^a   Solheim, Fredrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS; ORBITS; SEA LEVEL; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; ATMOSPHERICS; ERROR CORRECTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; DEFORMATION MONITORING; HIGH-PRECISION; PRECISE SATELLITE ORBIT; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SURVEYING PRECISION; VOLCANIC PROCESS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC SLANT PATH DELAY; MULTIPATH EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; GPS; PRECISION; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031200991     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01877     Document Type: Article

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