Assessment of long-range kinematic GPS positioning errors by comparison with airborne laser altimetry and satellite altimetry

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-211

  Zhang, Xiaohong ^a   Forsberg, Rene ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Airborne laser altimetry and laser scanning (LIDAR); Global positioning system (GPS); ICESat; Long range kinematic positioning; Precise point positioning (PPP); Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ERROR CORRECTION; GPS; GRAVITY SURVEY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; KINEMATICS; LIDAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE; SOFTWARE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; ICELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147115603     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0100-6     Document Type: Article

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