Comparison of GPS analysis strategies for high-accuracy vertical land motion

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 194-204

  Kierulf, Halfdan P ^a   Plag, Hans Peter ^a,g   Bingley, Richard M ^b   Teferle, Norman ^b   Demir, Coskun ^c   Cingoz, Ayhan ^c   Yildiz, Hasan ^c   Garate, Jorge ^d   Davila, Jose M ^d   Silva, Cristina G ^d   Zdunek, Ryszard ^e   Jaworski, Leszek ^e   Martinez Benjamin, Juan J ^f   Orus, Raul ^f   Aragon, Angela ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN MAPPING AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c General Command of Mapping   (Turkey)

^d Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada   (Spain)

^e Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous GPS; GPS analysis strategy; Tide gauge monitoring; Vertical land movements

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; TIDES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

TIDE GAUGE MONITORING; VERTICAL LAND MOVEMENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GPS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDE GAUGE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 39749089910     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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