Long-term trends in the atmospheric water vapor content estimated from ground-based GPS data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Nilsson, T ^a   Elgered, G ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; DATA SETS; ESTIMATED MODEL; FINLAND; GPS DATA; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED DATA; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; LONG-TERM TREND; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; PROPAGATION PATHS; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

WATER VAPOR;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 68149128464     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010110     Document Type: Article

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