Assessment of ECMWF-derived tropospheric delay models within the EUREF Permanent Network

GPS Solutions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Fund, F ^a,b   Morel, L ^a   Mocquet, A ^b   Boehm, J ^c  

^a Laboratoire de Géodésie et Géomatique L2G ESGT CNAM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cutoff angle; EUREF Permanent Network; GPS; Mapping function; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HYDRAULICS; MAPPING; TROPOSPHERE;

CUTOFF ANGLE; MAPPING FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; TROPOSPHERIC DELAYS; ZENITH HYDROSTATIC DELAYS; ZENITH TOTAL DELAYS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

GPS; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIMESCALE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER STATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EUROPE;

EID: 78650973757     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-010-0166-8     Document Type: Article

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