Implementation and testing of the gridded Vienna mapping function 1 (VMF1)

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 82, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 193-205

  Kouba, J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GPS and VLBI; Precise point positioning (PPP); Troposphere mapping function; Tropospheric propagation delay estimation

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEODESY; GNSS; GPS; INTERPOLATION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 41549134456     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-007-0170-0     Document Type: Article

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