Multi-technique comparison of troposphere zenith delays and gradients during CONT08

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 395-413

  Teke, Kamil ^a,b   Böhm, Johannes ^a   Nilsson, Tobias ^a   Schuh, Harald ^a   Steigenberger, Peter ^c   Dach, Rolf ^d   Heinkelmann, Robert ^e   Willis, Pascal ^f,g,h   Haas, Rüdiger ⁱ   García Espada, Susana ^i,j   Hobiger, Thomas ^k   Ichikawa, Ryuichi ^k   Shimizu, Shingo ^l  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

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

^h University Sorbonne Paris Cité and OST Hcéres   (France)

ⁱ CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^j INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Horizontal troposphere gradients; Numerical weather models; Space geodetic techniques; Troposphere zenith delays

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GPS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOMETER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOFTWARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79959283833     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-010-0434-y     Document Type: Article

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