Geodetic applications of GPS

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-110

  Herring, Thomas A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Geophysical measurements; Global positioning system; Position measurement; Satellite navigation systems; Velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; GEODESY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; RADIO RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032715745     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.736344     Document Type: Article

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125. Thomas A. Herring received the Bachelor and Master of Surveying degree from University of Queensland, Australia, in 1978 and the Ph.D. degree in geophysics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, in 1983.