Height bias and scale effect induced by antenna gravitational deformations in geodetic VLBI data analysis

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Sarti, Pierguido ^a   Abbondanza, Claudio ^a   Petrov, Leonid ^b   Negusini, Monia ^a  

^a INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

^b ADNET SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna gravitational deformation; ITRF; Reference frames; Signal path variation; VLBI

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GEODETIC DATUM; MODELING; SCALE EFFECT; SURVEYING; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

SWINEPOX VIRUS (STRAIN KASZA);

EID: 79151482212     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-010-0410-6     Document Type: Article

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