Atmospheric water vapor and geoid measurements in the open ocean with GPS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Rocken, Christian ^a   Johnson, James ^a   Van Hove, Teresa ^a   Iwabuchi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RADIOSONDES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; GEOID MEASUREMENTS; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOID; GPS; OPEN OCEAN; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 25844484020     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022573     Document Type: Article

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