DORIS satellite phase center determination and consequences on the derived scale of the Terrestrial Reference Frame

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1589-1596

  Willis, P ^a,b,c   Haines, B J ^b   Kuang, D ^b  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Antenna phase center; DORIS; Geocenter; GPS; Terrestrial Reference Frame

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SATELLITES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPACE RESEARCH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA PHASE CENTER; CROSS-TRACK DIRECTION; GEOCENTERS; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 34347266165     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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