Conventions on thermal expansion modelling of radio telescopes for geodetic and astrometric VLBI

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 787-792

  Nothnagel, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodetic VLBI; Radio telescopes; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; GEODESY; MODELING; THERMAL EXPANSION; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 67651205366     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-008-0284-z     Document Type: Article

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