Mapping the GPS multipath environment using the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

Radio Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Bilich, Andria ^a   Larson, Kristine M ^b  

^a National Geodetic Survey   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS ANTENNA; MULTI-PATH; MULTI-PATH MITIGATION; MULTIPATH ENVIRONMENTS; MULTIPATH ERROR; MULTIPATH REFLECTIONS; MULTIPATH SIGNALS; POSITIONING ERROR; POTENTIAL SOURCES; POWER SPECTRAL; SITE CONSTRUCTION; SPECTRAL CONTENT; TIME-VARYING FREQUENCY;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ANTENNAS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; PHOTOMAPPING; TIME SERIES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 45149097883     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007RS003652     Document Type: Article

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