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Tropospheric Delay

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Title Tropospheric Delay
Author(s) J. Sanz Subirana, JM. Juan Zornoza and M. Hernandez-Pajares, University of Catalunia, Spain.
Level Medium
Year of Publication 2011
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Troposphere is the atmospheric layer placed between earth’s surface and an altitude of about 60 kilometres. The effect of the troposphere on the GNSS signals appears as an extra delay in the measurement of the signal travelling from the satellite to receiver. This delay depends on the temperature, pressure, humidity as well as the the transmitter and receiver antennas location and, according to: