Tropospheric phase calibration in millimeter interferometry

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 817-840

  Carilli, C L ^a   Holdaway, M A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LUMINANCE; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

RADIO INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROMETRY; TROPOSPHERE;

ASTRONOMICAL RECEIVERS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; MILLIMETER INTERFEROMETRY; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RADIOMETRIC PHASE CORRECTION; STABILITY REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 0032678363     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900048     Document Type: Article

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