High-accuracy zenith delay prediction at optical wavelengths

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Mendes, V B ^a   Pavlis, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAPPING; RADIOSONDES; REFRACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION; SATELLITE LASER RANGING;

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

ERROR CORRECTION; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 4644274715     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020308     Document Type: Article

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