GPS water vapour tomography: Preliminary results from the ESCOMPTE field experiment

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 253-274

  Champollion, Cedric ^a   Masson, F ^a   Bouin, M N ^b   Walpersdorf, A ^c   Doerflinger, E ^a   Bock, O ^a   Van Baelen, J ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

ESCOMPTE; GPS; Integrated water vapour; Tomography; Troposphere; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SATELLITES; TOMOGRAPHY; VAPORS; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES; HETEROGENEITY; TOMOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE; WATER VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GPS; TOMOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14044257760     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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