Geodetic determination of radio telescope antenna reference point and rotation axis parameters

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 41-51

  Leinen, Stefan ^a   Becker, Matthias ^a   Dow, John ^b   Feltens, Joachim ^b   Sauermann, Knud ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OPS GFS   (Germany)

^c Ingenieurbüro Schmiddem und Dr Sauermann GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodetic surveys; Global positioning; Parameters

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DATA STRUCTURES; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO TELESCOPES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTENNA REFERENCE POINT; GEOIDAL HEIGHTS; TERRESTRIAL MEASUREMENT;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

DATA PROCESSING; GEODESY; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 34247262704     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2007)133:2(41)     Document Type: Article

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