Accuracy and variability of GPS tropospheric delay measurements of water vapor in the western Mediterranean

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1547-1568

  Haase, Jennifer ^a   Ge, Maorong ^b   Vedel, Henrik ^c   Calais, Eric ^b  

^a ACRI ST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR STATISTICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STANDARD DEVIATION;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0346152819     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1547:AAVOGT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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