Tropospheric corrections of SAR interferograms with strong topography. Application to Etna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2849-2852

  Delacourt, C ^a   Briole, P ^a,c   Achache, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Italy; Mount Etna; Scicily; Synthetic aperture radar; Topography; Volcano

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANOES; DEFORMATION; PHASE METERS;

INTERFEROGRAMS; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS;

TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CONDITION; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; GEODETIC TECHNIQUE; GROUND TEMPERATURE; PROPAGATION DELAYS; SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC DELAYS;

EID: 0032129290     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02112     Document Type: Article

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