A continuous GPS coordinate time series analysis strategy for high-accuracy vertical land movements

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Teferle, F Norman ^a   Williams, Simon D P ^b   Kierulf, Halfdan P ^c   Bingley, Richard M ^a   Plag, Hans Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN MAPPING AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common mode; Coordinate time series; EOF analysis; Global positioning system; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COORDINATE TIME SERIES; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION (EOF); HIGHLY ACCURATE VERTICAL STATION VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISCONTINUITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GPS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 39749102251     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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