Improved antenna phase center models for GLONASS

GPS Solutions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-65

  Dach, Rolf ^a   Schmid, Ralf ^b   Schmitz, Martin ^c   Thaller, Daniela ^a   Schaer, Stefan ^d   Lutz, Simon ^a   Steigenberger, Peter ^b   Wübbena, Gerhard ^c   Beutler, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GeoDienste GmbH   (Germany)

^d Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GLONASS; GNSS orbits; Multi GNSS processing; Phase center modeling; Receiver antenna; Reference frame; Satellite antenna

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ORBITS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; ROBOTS; SATELLITES;

ANTENNA PHASE CENTER; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; GLONASS; NAVIGATION-SATELLITE SYSTEMS; PHASE CENTER; RECEIVER ANTENNAS; REFERENCE FRAME; TRACKING NETWORKS;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA; CALIBRATION; GLONASS; GNSS; GPS; MODEL VALIDATION; TRACKING;

EID: 78650989488     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-010-0169-5     Document Type: Article

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