Monte Carlo simulations of the impact of troposphere, clock and measurement errors on the repeatability of VLBI positions

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Pany, A ^a   Bohm J ^a   MacMillan, D ^b   Schuh, H ^a   Nilsson, T ^a   Wresnik, J ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulations; VLBI; VLBI2010

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TROPOSPHERE; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 79151476360     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-010-0415-1     Document Type: Article

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