The use of GPS measurements for water vapor determination

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1249-1258+1162

  Bengtsson, Lennart ^a,b   Robinson, Gary ^a   Anthes, Rick ^c   Aonashi, Kazumasa ^d   Dodson, Alan ^e   Elgered, Gunnar ^g   Gendt, Gerd ^h   Gurney, Robert ^a   Jietai, Mao ⁱ   Mitchell, Cathryn ^f   Mlaki, Morrison ^j   Rhodin, Andreas ^b   Silvestrin, Pierluigi ^k   Ware, Randolph ^c   Watson, Robert ^f   Wergen, Werner ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

ⁱ PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^k EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^l DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROLOGY; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

HYDROLOGIC CYCLES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0142227060     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-9-1249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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