Modeling thermal deformation of VLBI antennas with a new temperature model

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 81, Issue 6-8, 2007, Pages 423-431

  Wresnik, Joerg ^a   Haas, Rüdiger ^b   Boehm, Johannes ^a   Schuh, Harald ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Local tie; Reference temperature; Thermal expansion; VLBI

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTENNA; DATA PROCESSING; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; MODELING; POSITIONING; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 34250001638     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0120-2     Document Type: Article

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