Global estimates of water-vapor-weighted mean temperature of the atmosphere for GPS applications

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Wang, Junhong ^a   Zhang, Liangying ^a   Dai, Aiguo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 29244456779     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006215     Document Type: Article

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