A variational data assimilation system for ground-based GPS slant delays

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 625 B, 2007, Pages 969-980

  Järvinen, Heikki ^a   Eresmaa, Reima ^a,b   Vedel, Henrik ^c   Salonen, Kirsti ^a   Niemelä, Sami ^a   de Vries, John ^d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Danish Meteorological Institute ^*  (Finland)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GPS meteorology; Numerical weather prediction; Observing system

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND-ERROR STANDARD DEVIATIONS; OBSERVATION-ERROR CORRELATION; SLANT DELAY; SLANTED SIGNAL PATHS;

DATA REDUCTION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROWAVES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34250753068     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.79     Document Type: Article

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