The contribution of Very Long Baseline Interferometry to ITRF2005

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 81, Issue 6-8, 2007, Pages 553-564

  Vennebusch, Markus ^a   Böckmann, Sarah ^a   Nothnagel, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodetic VLBI; ITRF2005; Normal equations; Solution combination

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GNSS; POLAR MOTION; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 34250000502     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0117-x     Document Type: Article

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