Global distortion of GPS networks associated with satellite antenna model errors

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Cardellach, Estel ^a,b   Elosegui P ^a,b   Davis, J L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; MODEL; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION;

EID: 34548538941     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004675     Document Type: Article

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