Simulation analysis of differential phase delay estimation by same beam VLBI method

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-406

  Kikuchi, Fuyuhiko ^a   Liu, Qinghui ^a   Matsumoto, Koji ^a   Hanada, Hideo ^a   Kawano, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential phase delay; Narrow bandwidth; Orbit determination; RSAT; SELENE (KAGUYA); Spacecraft; VLBI; VRAD

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY FIELD; IONOSPHERE; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PRECISION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; AIRCRAFT; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR MANTLE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 46849088984     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352804     Document Type: Article

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