Water vapor in the atmosphere: An examination for CARMA phase correction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6275, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shiao, Yu Shao ^a   Looney, Leslie W ^a   Woody, David P ^b   Plambeck, Richard L ^c   Bolatto, Alberto D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SOURCES; BERKELEY-ILLINOIS-MARYLAND ASSOCIATION (BIMA); WATER VAPOR RADIOMETER (WVR);

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

VAPORS;

EID: 33749649875     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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