Can spaceborne SAR interferometry be used to study the temporal evolution of PWV?

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-80

  Mateus, P ^a   Nico, G ^b   Catalao J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global Positioning System (GPS); Precipitable Water Vapor (PWV); SAR interferometry (InSAR); Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Troposphere Zenith Delay (TZD)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; ENVISAT-ASAR; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERFEROMETRIC SAR; NOWCASTING; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; PROCESSING TIME; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; RADAR WAVELENGTH; RADARSAT; SAMPLING PERIOD; SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SAR SENSORS; SPACE-BORNE; SPACE-BORNE SAR; SPATIAL FILTERINGS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRASAR-X; TIME INTERVAL; ZENITH DELAY;

FREQUENCY BANDS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; SENSORS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GPS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84870255307     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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