An impact of estimating tropospheric delay gradients on tropospheric delay estimations in the summer using the Japanese nationwide GPS array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Iwabuchi, Tetsuya ^a   Miyazaki, Shin'ichi ^b   Heki, Kosuke ^c   Naito, Isao ^c   Hatanaka, Yuki ^d  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GEONET; GPS; Tropospheric delay; Tropospheric delay gradient

Indexed keywords

GPS; REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 0142222108     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002214     Document Type: Article

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