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Sensitivity of GNSS tropospheric gradients to processing options
Michal Kačmařík
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geoinformatics, VŠB – Technical University of
Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jan Douša
Geodetic Observatory Pecný, Research Institute of Geodesy,
Topography and Cartography, Zdiby, Czech Republic
Florian Zus
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Pavel Václavovic
Geodetic Observatory Pecný, Research Institute of Geodesy,
Topography and Cartography, Zdiby, Czech Republic
Kyriakos Balidakis
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Galina Dick
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Jens Wickert
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, Technical University
of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Short summary
We provide an analysis of processing setting impacts on tropospheric gradients estimated from GNSS observation processing. These tropospheric gradients are related to water vapour distribution in the troposphere and therefore can be helpful in meteorological applications.
We provide an analysis of processing setting impacts on tropospheric gradients estimated from...
