Sensitivity of zenith total delay accuracy to GPS orbit errors and implications for near-real-time GPS meteorology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Ge, Maorong ^a,c   Calais, Eric ^a,d   Haase, Jennifer ^b,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ACRI ST ^*  (France)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Real time; Satellite orbits; Troposphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448968975     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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