Impact of radiometrie water vapor measurements on troposphere and height estimates by GPS

Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2289-2302

  Haefele, P ^a   Martin, L ^b   Becker, M ^a   Brockmann, E ^c,d   Morland, J ^b   Nyeki, S ^b   Matzler, C ^b   Kirchner, M ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Federal Office of Topography   (Switzerland)

^d Swiss Federal Office of Topography (SwissTopo)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PATH LENGTH; TROPOSPHERIC DELAYS; WATER VAPOR RADIOMETERS (WVR); WATER VAPORS;

ANTENNAS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VAPORS; WATER;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 22144491924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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