Constructing accuratemaps of atmospheric water vapor by combining interferometric synthetic aperture radar and GNSS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1391-1403

  Alshawaf, Fadwa ^a   Hinz, Stefan ^a   Mayer, Michael ^a   Meyer, Franz J ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; GNSS; KRIGING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER VAPOR;

FRANCE; GERMANY;

EID: 84925111212     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022419     Document Type: Article

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