Comparisons of 93GHz radiometer predicted attenuation with integrated precipitable water vapour measured using GPS

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 2114-2116

  Davies, O T ^a   Watson, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric precipitation; Global positioning system; Radiometry

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; DUAL FREQUENCY RECEIVER; INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOUR; PHASE DELAY MEASUREMENTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031553286     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971439     Document Type: Article

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