Variations in point positioning accuracies for single frequency GPS users during solar maximum

Geomatica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-140

  Skone, S ^a   Hoyle, V ^a   Lee, S ^a   Poon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GPS; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 1542530916     PISSN: 11951036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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