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Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS
A comparison between the zenith path delay (ZPD), obtained from CPS measure
ments, and the expected delay, derived from models used to compensate tropo
spheric effects on SAR interferograms, is made. The results of the two meth
ods are comparable, though the available data set is not large enough for a
complete statistical validation of the methods. The results of this prelim
inary study suggest a possible integration of GPS-based ZPD data with cheap
and standard meteorological data, since the estimated atmospheric componen
t proved to be similar. Furthermore, the impact on volcanology of the effec
ts measured by CPS, and in particular on the determination of the depth of
the volcanic sources, is discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All righ
ts reserved.