Recent improvements in the retrieval of precipitable water vapor

Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 298-301

  Braun, John J ^a   Van Hove, Teresa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UCAR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS); PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR (PW); ZENITH WET DELAY;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

VAPORS;

EID: 33646540425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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