Sub-Centimeter Precision Orbit Determination with GPS for Ocean Altimetry

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 363-378

  Bertiger, Willy ^a   Desai, Shailen D ^a   Dorsey, Angie ^a   Haines, Bruce J ^a   Harvey, Nate ^a   Kuang, Da ^a   Sibthorpe, Ant ^a   Weiss, Jan P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambiguity resolution; GPS; Jason; OSTM; Precision orbit determination; satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149281184     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.487800     Document Type: Article

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