Correction of atmospheric delay effects in radar interferometry using a nested mesoscale atmospheric model

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-149

  Wadge, G ^a   Zhu, M ^a,b   Holley, R J ^a   James, I N ^a   Clark, P A ^a   Wang, C ^a   Woodage, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Etna; InSAR; Nested atmospheric models; Radar delay; Space geodesy

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC DELAY; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DIFFERENTIAL RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; ETNA; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INSAR; INTERFEROGRAMS; LIQUID WATER; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE MODEL; MOUNT ETNA; NESTED ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE DELAY; RADAR DATA; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SECOND ORDERS; SPACE GEODESY; SURFACE MOTIONS; SURFACE PRESSURES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; UNIFIED MODEL; WATER VAPOUR;

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; LIQUIDS; RADAR; SURVEYING; WATER CONTENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; GEODESY; INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR; RADIO WAVE; SIMULATION; SURFACE PRESSURE; WATER CONTENT;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77957724882     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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