Implementation of a ray-tracing operator for ground-based GPS slant delay observation modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Eresmaa, Reima ^a   Healy, Sean ^b   Järvinen, Heikki ^a   Salonen, Kirsti ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b European Centre for Medium ranged Weather Forecasts Research Department Data Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; RAY TRACING; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RAY TRACING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 53149103249     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009256     Document Type: Article

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