A GPS network for tropospheric tomography in the framework of the Mediterranean hydrometeorological observatory Cévennes-Vivarais (southeastern France)

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 553-578

  Brenot, H ^a,b,e   Walpersdorf, A ^a   Reverdy, M ^a,c,f   Van Baelen, J ^c   Ducrocq, V ^b   Champollion, C ^d   Masson, F ^d,g   Doerflinger, E ^d   Collard, P ^d   Giroux, P ^a,h  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^f LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^g Inst and Observ of Earth Physics   (France)

^h LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ARDECHE; CEVENNES; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RHONE-ALPES; VIVARAIS;

EID: 84897587440     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-553-2014     Document Type: Article

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