Using ground-based GPS to characterize atmospheric turbulence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Nilsson, T ^a,b   Davis, J L ^c   Hill, E M ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

GPS DATA; GPS RECEIVERS; GROUND BASED; LOCAL NETWORKS; NEVADA , USA; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; ZENITH TOTAL DELAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; GPS; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 71949103943     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040090     Document Type: Article

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