Analysis of Ground-Based GPS/MET Inversion Precision of Water Vapor and Relative Parameters

Ming-bin DU; Qiu YIN; Min LIU; Xue-song ZHU; Wei GUO

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2013.02.008

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