Database for tropospheric product evaluations - implementation aspects

Authors

  • Jan Douša Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography, Geodetic Observatory Pecný, Ústecká 98, Zdiby 250 66
  • Gabriel Győri

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/gi.10.4

Keywords:

troposphere, zenith delays, database, GNSS, radiosonde, meteorological data

Abstract

The high-performance GOP Tropo database for evaluating tropospheric products has been developed at the Geodetic Observatory Pecný. The paper describes initial database structure and aimed functionality. Special focus was given to the optimizing effort in order to handle billions of records. Evaluation examples demonstrate its current functionality, but future extensions and developments are outlined too.

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Published

2013-11-30

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Vol. 10 (2013)

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