Seasonal tropospheric influence on SAR interferograms near the ITCZ - The case of Fogo Volcano and Mount Cameroon

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 833-856

  Heleno, S I N ^a   Frischknecht, C ^b   d'Oreye, N ^c   Lima, J N P ^d   Faria, B ^e   Wall, R ^c,f   Kervyn, F ^g  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

^d NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^e Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica   (Portugal)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fogo Volcano; GPS; InSAR; MODIS; Mount Cameroon; Precipitable water vapor

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODIS; OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

AZORES; CAMEROON; FOGO VOLCANO; MOUNT CAMEROON; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; SUD OUEST PROVINCE;

EID: 78149467269     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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