Analysis of the bias between TOPEX and GPS vTEC determinations

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Azpilicueta, Francisco ^a,b   Brunini, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GPS TEC; TOPEX system biases; TOPEX total electron content (TEC) bias

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; GPS; MONITORING SYSTEM; RADAR; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 58949084650     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-008-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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