Assessment of GPS data for meteorological applications over Africa: Study of error sources and analysis of positioning accuracy

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1312-1330

  Walpersdorf, A ^a   Bouin, M N ^b   Bock, O ^c   Doerflinger, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA); GPS meteorology; International GNSS Service for Geodynamics (IGS); Precipitable water vapour; Zenith total delay

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MONSOON MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC STORM; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 34447620083     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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