Estimates of the information provided by GPS slant data observed in Germany regarding tomographic applications

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Bender, M ^a   Dick, G ^a   Wickert, J ^a   Ramatschi, M ^a   Ge, M ^a   Gendt, G ^a   Rothacher, M ^a   Raabe, A ^b   Tetzlaff, G ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE SOUNDING; GERMANY; GPS NETWORK; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INPUT DATA; INTERSECTION POINTS; LOCAL SYSTEM; SATELLITE ORBIT; SLANT PATH; SOLUTION OF INVERSE PROBLEMS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; WELL-COVERED;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; GPS; HUMIDITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 66449101164     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011008     Document Type: Article

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