Impact of atmospheric turbulence on geodetic very long baseline interferometry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Nilsson, T ^a,b   Haas, R ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 79151479825     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006579     Document Type: Article

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