Development of an antenna and multipath calibration system for Global Positioning System sites

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Park, K D ^a,b,c   Elosegui P ^a,d   Davis, J L ^a   Jarlemark, P O J ^a,e   Corey, B E ^f   Niell, A E ^f   Normandeau, J E ^a,g   Meertens, C E ^g   Andreatta, V A ^g  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^e SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; Geodesy; GPS multipath calibration

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA AND MULTIPATH CALIBRATION SYSTEM (AMCS); PHASE CORRECTIONS; PHASE-CENTER VARIATIONS; ROO-MEAN-SQUARE (RMS) PHASE;

CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION;

PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

EID: 10944238099     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003RS002999     Document Type: Article

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