Tropospheric water vapor imaging by combination of ground-based and spaceborne GNSS sounding data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D21, 2001, Pages 27221-27231

  Foelsche, Ulrich ^a   Kirchengast, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GNSS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0035652179     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900230     Document Type: Article

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