Using geodetic GPS receivers to measure vegetation water content

GPS Solutions

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-248

  Wan, Wei ^a   Larson, Kristine M ^b   Small, Eric E ^c   Chew, Clara C ^c   Braun, John J ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

GNSS; GPS; Multipath; Reflections; SNR; Vegetation water content

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HEAVY WATER; REFLECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VEGETATION;

FORWARD MODELING; GNSS; GPS MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR MODELING; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MULTIPATH; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION WATER CONTENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84925289982     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-014-0383-7     Document Type: Article

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