Noise in multivariate GPS position time-series

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-187

  Amiri Simkooei, A R ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Least squares variance component estimation (LS VCE); Multivariate GPS time series; Normal distribution; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 58949104791     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-008-0251-8     Document Type: Article

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