Atmospheric modeling in GPS data analysis for high accuracy positioning

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy

Volumn 26, Issue 6-8, 2001, Pages 373-383

  Bock, O ^a,b   Doerflinger, E ^c  

^a University of Paris Cité   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; TECTONICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING;

POSITION CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GPS;

EID: 0035010891     PISSN: 14641895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1895(01)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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