Validation of GPS-based estimates of integrated water vapour for the Australian region and identification of diurnal variability

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-148

  Glowacki, Tomasz J ^a   Penna, Nigel T ^b,c   Bourke, William P ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIOSONDE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33749658935     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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