Corrections of stratified tropospheric delays in SAR interferometry: Validation with global atmospheric models

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-50

  Doin, M P ^a   Lasserre, C ^b   Peltzer, G ^c,d   Cavalie O ^b   Doubre, C ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Global climate model; Phase propagation delay; Radar interferometry; Stratified atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DEFORMATION; HYDRAULICS; INTERFEROMETRY; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INTERFEROMETRIC PHASE; PHASE PROPAGATION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; STRATIFIED ATMOSPHERE; VAPOR PARTIAL PRESSURE;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR CORRECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROUND MOTION; MODEL VALIDATION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE;

AFAR; AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAIYUAN; LAKE MEAD; NINGXIA HUIZU; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70149090128     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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