Absolute phase center corrections of satellite and receiver antennas: Impact on global GPS solutions and estimation of azimuthal phase center variations of the satellite antenna

GPS Solutions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-293

  Schmid, Ralf ^a   Rothacher, Markus ^a   Thaller, Daniela ^a   Steigenberger, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevation cut off; Phase center variations; Satellite antenna; Tropospheric zenith delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844612474     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-005-0134-x     Document Type: Article

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