A new precision improvement in zenith tropospheric delay estimation by GPS

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 997-1000

  Jin, S G ^a,b,c   Park, P H ^a  

^a Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

GPS; Precision; Stochastic model; Zenith tropospheric delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644448595     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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