Tropospheric delays from GNSS for application in coastal altimetry

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1352-1368

  Fernandes, M Joana ^a,b   Pires, Nelson ^a,b   Lázaro, Clara ^a,b   Nunes, Alexandra L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal altimetry; ECMWF; GNSS; Troposphere propagation delay; zenith hydrostatic delay; zenith total delay

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ERRORS; HYDRAULICS; SEA LEVEL; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COASTAL ALTIMETRY; ECMWF; GNSS; PROPAGATION DELAYS; ZENITH HYDROSTATIC DELAYS; ZENITH TOTAL DELAYS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84875237054     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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