On the accuracy of integrated water vapor observations and the potential for mitigating electromagnetic path delay error in InSAR

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1015-1030

  Cimini, D ^a,b   Pierdicca, N ^c   Pichelli, E ^b   Ferretti, R ^b   Mattioli, V ^d   Bonafoni, S ^d   Montopoli, M ^b,f   Perissin, D ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ERROR CORRECTION; GPS; IMAGING METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84861163741     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-1015-2012     Document Type: Article

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