Estimation of PWC gradients over the Kanto Plain using GPS data: Validation and possible meteorological implications

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 907-912

  Aonashi, Kazumasa ^a   Shoji, Yoshinori ^a   Ichikawa, Ryu Ichi ^b   Hanado, Hiroshi ^c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Kashima Space Communication Center   (Japan)

^c Communication Research Laboratory ^*  (Japan)

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GPS;

EID: 2942554278     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352304     Document Type: Article

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