4D tropospheric tomography using GPS slant wet delays

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-234

  Flores, A ^a   Ruffini, G ^a   Rius, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Radio science (remote sensing; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034387202     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0223-7     Document Type: Article

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