Investigating tropospheric effects and seasonal position variations in GPS and DORIS time-series from the Nepal Himalaya

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1246-1259

  Flouzat, Mireille ^a   Bettinelli, Pierre ^a   Willis, Pascal ^b,c   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^d   Héritier, Thierry ^a   Gautam, Umesh ^e  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e National Seismological Centre   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Asia; Hydrology; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Satellite geodesy; Time series analysis; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEISMICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 69149100687     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04252.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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