Comparison of GMF/GPT with VMF1/ECMWF and implications for atmospheric loading

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 943-951

  Steigenberger, Peter ^a   Boehm, Johannes ^b   Tesmer, Volker ^c,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

^d OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric loading; GPS; Mapping function; Troposphere modeling

Indexed keywords

GPS; HEIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 70349584984     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-009-0311-8     Document Type: Article

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