A web-based package for ray tracing the neutral atmosphere radiometric path delay

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1113-1124

  Ghoddousi Fard, Reza ^a   Dare, Peter ^a   Langley, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global navigation satellite systems; Global positioning system; Numerical weather prediction model; Radiosonde; Tropospheric propagation delay

Indexed keywords

DATA SOURCES; GLOBAL MAPS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GRADIENT CALCULATIONS; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL; NWP MODELS; PATH DELAYS; THEORETICAL ASPECTS; TROPOSPHERIC PROPAGATION DELAY; WEB INTERFACES; WEB PAGES;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RADIOSONDES; RAY TRACING; TROPOSPHERE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOSONDE; RAY TRACING; SOFTWARE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 64949175558     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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