Rapid re-convergences to ambiguity-fixed solutions in precise point positioning

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 705-714

  Geng, Jianghui ^a   Meng, Xiaolin ^a   Dodson, Alan H ^a   Ge, Maorong ^b   Teferle, Felix N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Ambiguity resolution; Precise point positioning; Predicted ionospheric delays; Rapid re convergence

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHOD; POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 78449267281     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-010-0404-4     Document Type: Article

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