An improvement of GPS height estimations: Stochastic modeling

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-259

  Jin, Shuanggen ^a,b,c   Wang, J ^b   Park, Pil Ho ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

GPS; Height; IGS; Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

GPS; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT; PRECISION; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 21844445075     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352561     Document Type: Article

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