WVR-GPS comparison measurements and calibration of the 20-32 GHz tropospheric water vapor absorption model

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1199-1210

  Keihm, S J ^a   Bar Sever, Yoaz ^a   Liljegren, James C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global positioning satellite (GPS); Opacity; Path delay; Vapor absorption model; Water vapor radiometer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BAROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITOMETERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OPACITY; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

PATH DELAY; TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; VAPOR ABSORPTION MODEL; WATER VAPOR RADIOMETER;

VAPORS;

EID: 0036613519     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.800274     Document Type: Article

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