Atmospheric range correction for two-frequency SLR measurements

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 623-635

  Wijaya, Dudy D ^a,b   Brunner, Fritz K ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric propagation; Curvature effect; Dispersion effect; Perturbation; SLR; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVATURE; DENSITY; GEODESY; PERTURBATION; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 85027938703     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0469-8     Document Type: Article

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