Tomographic determination of the spatial distribution of water vapor using GPS observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2211-2217

  Troller, M ^a   Geiger, A ^a   Brockmann, E ^b   Bettems, J M ^c   Burki B ^a   Kahle, H G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Office of Topography   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GPS; GPS meteorology; Numerical weather prediction; Quantitative precipitation forecast; Refractivity; Satellite navigation; Tomography; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GPS METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SATELLITE NAVIGATION; WATER VAPOR;

VAPORS;

EID: 33745759920     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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