Global Mapping Function (GMF): A new empirical mapping function based on numerical weather model data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Boehm, Johannes ^a   Niell, A ^b   Tregoning, P ^c   Schuh, H ^a  

^a Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics   (Austria)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

GLOBAL MAPPING FUNCTION; NIELL MAPPING FUNCTION; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33646832237     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025546     Document Type: Article

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