Characterization of periodic variations in the GPS satellite clocks

GPS Solutions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-225

  Senior, Kenneth L ^a   Ray, Jim R ^b   Beard, Ronald L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS satellite clocks; Harmonic analysis; IGS; Oblateness (J2); Relativistic corrections

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ORBITS; PHASE NOISE; RANDOM PROCESSES;

GPS SATELLITE CLOCKS; OBLATENESS; RELATIVISTIC CORRECTIONS;

SATELLITES;

GNSS; GPS; GROWTH; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; PERIODICITY; POWER LAW; SIGNAL; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 44649157838     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-008-0089-9     Document Type: Article

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