Indirect approach to invariant point determination for SLR and VLBI systems: An assessment

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 81, Issue 6-8, 2007, Pages 433-441

  Dawson, John ^a,b   Sarti, Pierguido ^c   Johnston, Gary M ^a   Vittuari, Luca ^d  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indirect method; Invariant point (IVP); Local tie; SLR; VLBI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; GEODESY; GEOMETRY; LASER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249999962     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0125-x     Document Type: Article

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