Snow-covered lake ice in GPS multipath reception - Theory and measurement

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-227

  Jacobson, M D ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

Author keywords

Global Positioning System; Lake ice thickness; Multipath interference; Snow; Specular reflection

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LAKES; SNOW;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; LAKE ICE THICKNESS; MULTI-PATH INTERFERENCE; MULTI-PATH RECEPTION; MULTIPATH CONDITIONS; REFLECTED SIGNAL; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS;

ICE;

EID: 79954415362     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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