Real-time GPS sensing of atmospheric water vapor: Precise point positioning with orbit, clock, and phase delay corrections

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3615-3621

  Li, Xingxing ^a   Dick, Galina ^a   Ge, Maorong ^a   Heise, Stefan ^a   Wickert, Jens ^a   Bender, Michael ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

GPS meteorology; IGS real time pilot project; integrated water vapor; PPP ambiguity fixing; real time GPS

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; WATER VAPOR;

GPS METEOROLOGY; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; PILOT PROJECTS; PPP AMBIGUITY FIXING; REAL-TIME GPS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; GEODESY; GPS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; POSITIONING; PRECISION; REAL TIME; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84900675104     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058721     Document Type: Article

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