New mathematical model for reference point determination of an azimuth-elevation type radio telescope

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Lösler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodetic surveys; Mathematical models; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MONITORING; AZIMUTH-ELEVATION; CO-LOCATED; COLOCATIONS; GEODETIC SURVEYS; GLOBAL GEODETIC OBSERVING SYSTEM; INVARIANT POINTS; NEW MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REFERENCE POINTS; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEODESY; MONITORING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AZIMUTH; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELEVATION; GEODESY; GEODETIC NETWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 70350431579     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000010     Document Type: Article

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