External atmospheric corrections in geodetic very-long-baseline interferometry

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 375-383

  Emardson, T R ^a,b   Elgered, G ^a   Johansson, J M ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric water vapour; Global positioning system (GPS); Micro wave radiometer; Radio wave propagation; Very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; GEODETIC NETWORK; INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0033458115     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001900050256     Document Type: Article

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