On-the-fly GPS-based attitude determination using single- and double-differenced carrier phase measurements

GPS Solutions

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-102

  Li, Y ^a   Zhang, K ^a   Roberts, C ^a   Murata, M ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude determination; GPS; Integer ambiguity resolution; Line bias

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; CARRIER-PHASE MEASUREMENT; GPS ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; GROUND AND FLIGHT TESTS; INTEGER AMBIGUITY RESOLUTION; LINE BIAS; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; SINGLE DIFFERENCES;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 54949122446     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-004-0089-3     Document Type: Article

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