Effect in range difference position estimation due to stations' position errors

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 329-334

  Manolakis, Dimitris E ^a   Cox, Maurice E ^b  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b SATSYSS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; TRANSCEIVERS;

POSITION ERROR ESTIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL AIRCRAFT POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEMS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 0031673272     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.640291     Document Type: Article

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