VLBI-derived troposphere parameters during CONT08

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 377-393

  Heinkelmann, R ^a   Bohm J ^b   Bolotin, S ^c   Engelhardt, G ^d   Haas, R ^e   Lanotte, R ^f   MacMillan, D S ^c   Negusini, M ^g   Skurikhina, E ^h   Titov, O ⁱ   Schuh, H ^b  

^a Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie ^*  (Germany)

^e CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f Centro di Geodesia Spazlale G Colombo   (Italy)

^g INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

^h INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intra technique combination; Troposphere parameters; VLBI

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEODESY; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 79959246502     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0459-x     Document Type: Article

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