Multi-technique comparison of tropospheric zenith delays derived during the CONT02 campaign

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 79, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 613-623

  Snajdrova, K ^a,b   Boehm, Johannes ^a   Willis, Pascal ^c,d   Haas, R ^e   Schuh, Harald ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DORIS; GPS; Troposphere; VLBI; Water Vapor Radiometer; Zenith delay

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; TROPOSPHERE; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 33645470821     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-005-0010-z     Document Type: Article

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