Developing an IGS time scale

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 585-593

  Senior, Ken ^a   Koppang, Paul ^b   Ray, Jim ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STANDARDS;

TRACKING RECEIVERS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0038497477     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2003.1209545     Document Type: Article

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