Comparison of integrated precipitable water vapour obtained by GPS and radiosondes

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 645-646

  Davies, O T ^a   Watson, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; VAPORS;

INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR (IPWV); ZENITH WET DELAY (ZWD);

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0032473684     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980633     Document Type: Short Survey

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