Atmospheric models, GPS and InSAR measurements of the tropospheric water vapour field over Mount Etna

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Wadge, G ^a   Webley, P W ^a   James, I N ^a   Bingley, R ^b   Dodson, A ^b   Waugh, S ^b   Veneboer, T ^b   Puglisi, G ^c   Mattia, M ^c   Baker, D ^b   Edwards, S C ^d   Edwards, S J ^d   Clarke, P J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANOES; RADAR STATIONS; WATER VAPOR;

DIFFERENTIAL RADAR INTERFEROGRAMS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; INTERFEROGRAMS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODEL RESULTS; MOUNT ETNA VOLCANOS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; WATER VAPOUR;

GEOPHYSICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANISM; WATER VAPOR;

ITALY; MOUNT ETNA; SICILY;

EID: 0242669393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015159     Document Type: Article

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