An experiment for estimation of the spatial and temporal variations of water vapor using GPS data

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-130

  Elosegui P ^a,b   Ruis, A ^a   Davis, J L ^b   Ruffini, G ^a   Keihm, S J ^c   Burki B ^d   Kruse, L P ^d  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR; GPS;

EID: 0031843117     PISSN: 00791946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-1946(97)00254-1     Document Type: Article

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