On the accuracy assessment of celestial reference frame realizations

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 325-329

  Malkin, Z ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Celestial reference frame; Reference systems; Statistical data analysis; VLBI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 43149117254     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-007-0181-x     Document Type: Article

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