Water vapour tomography using GPS phase observations: Results from the ESCOMPTE experiment

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 674-682

  Nilsson, Tobias ^a   Gradinarsky, L ^a   Elgered, G ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; REFRACTION; SATELLITE DATA; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34548724454     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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