UNB neutral atmosphere models: Development and performance

Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation, National Technical Meeting

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 564-573

  Leandro, Rodrigo ^a   Santos, Marcelo ^a   Langley, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TABLE LOOKUP; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ABSOLUTE MEAN ERROR; NON-HYDROSTATIC DELAY; PREDICTION ERROR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33646018935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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