A multiyear intercomparison of wet troposphere corrections from TOPEX/Poseidon, ERS-1, and ERS-2 Microwave Radiometers and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19657-19669

  Urban, T J ^a   Pekker, T ^a   Tapley, B D ^a   Kruizinga, G L ^b   Shum, C K ^c,d  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ERROR CORRECTION; ERS-1; ERS-2; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 0034770830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000486     Document Type: Article

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