Correcting atmospheric path variations in millimeter wavelength very long baseline interferometry using a scanning water vapor spectrometer

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1241-1251

  Tahmoush, David A ^a   Rogers, Alan E E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; COHERENT LIGHT; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOIRE FRINGES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; SCANNING ANTENNAS; VAPORS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

VAN VLECK-WEISSKOPF LINE SHAPE; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; WATER VAPOR RADIOMETER;

INTERFEROMETRY; WATER VAPOR;

FRINGE AMPLITUDE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; PHASE VARIATION; VAPOR EMISSIONS; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; WATER DROPLETS; WATER VAPOR RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0034265063     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000RS002334     Document Type: Article

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