Ionospheric effect mitigation for real-time single-frequency precise point positioning

Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-213

  Chen, Kongzhe ^a,b   Gao, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Nov Atel Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

DUAL FREQUENCY; FIELD OPERATION; IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; POSITIONING ACCURACY; PRECISE POINT POSITIONING; REAL TIME MODES; SINGLE FREQUENCY; SINGLE-FREQUENCY RECEIVERS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 77952145518     PISSN: 00281522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-4296.2008.tb00430.x     Document Type: Article

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