A procedure for estimating the variance function of linear models and for checking the appropriateness of estimated variances: A case study of GPS carrier-phase observations

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 694-704

  Bischoff, Wolfgang ^a   Heck, B ^b   Howind, J ^b   Teusch, A ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevation dependency; GPS; Recursive residuals; Testing homoscedasticity; Variance estimation

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GPS;

EID: 33645033980     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0024-1     Document Type: Article

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