Continuous geodetic time-transfer analysis methods

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1250-1259

  Dach, Rolf ^b   Schildknecht, Thomas ^b   Hugentobler, Urs ^b   Bernier, Laurent Guy ^a,c   Dudle, Gregor ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Federal Office of Metrology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CARRIER PHASE MEASUREMENTS; GEODETIC TIME-TRANSFER ANALYSIS; TIME-CODE INCONSISTENCIES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 33747209632     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1665073     Document Type: Article

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