An inter-comparison of zenith tropospheric delays derived from DORIS and GPS data

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1648-1660

  Bock, Olivier ^a   Willis, Pascal ^a,b   Lacarra, Maïté ^c   Bosser, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

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

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; DORIS; Geodesy; GPS; Meteorology; Tropospheric delays

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGY; ORBITS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE; DORIS; GLOBAL GEODETIC OBSERVING SYSTEM; PROCESSING STRATEGIES; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; SOUTH ATLANTIC ANOMALIES; TROPOSPHERIC DELAYS; ZENITH TROPOSPHERIC DELAYS;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

EID: 78149284848     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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