Comparison of measurements of atmospheric wet delay by radiosonde, water vapor radiometer, GPS, and VLBI

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 830-850

  Niell, A E ^a   Coster, A J ^a   Solheim, F S ^a   Mendes, V B ^a   Toor, P C ^a   Langley, R B ^a   Upham, C A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; VAPORS; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC WET DELAY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0035359415     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<0830:COMOAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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