Evaluation of GPS precipitable water over Canada and the IGS network

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 153-166

  Deblonde, Godelieve ^a   Macpherson, Stephen ^a   Mireault, Yves ^b   Héroux, Pierre ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

GEODETIC SURVEY DIVISION (GSD); INTERNATIONAL GPS SERVICE (IGS); PRECIPITABLE WATER (PW); ZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAY (ZTD);

WATER;

GPS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIOSONDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14644405644     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM-2201.1     Document Type: Article

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