Error analysis of weekly station coordinates in the DORIS network

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 80, Issue 8-11, 2006, Pages 525-539

  Williams, Simon D P ^a   Willis, Pascal ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DORIS; Error analysis; Maximum likelihood estimation; Terrestrial reference frame; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SPOT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 33750582519     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0056-6     Document Type: Article

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