Study of the atmospheric pressure loading signal in very long baseline interferometry observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Petrov, Leonid ^a   Boy, Jean Paul ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure loading; VLBI

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 2542449259     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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