GGOS-D: Homogeneous reprocessing and rigorous combination of space geodetic observations

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 679-705

  Rothacher, M ^a,b   Angermann, D ^f   Artz, T ^e   Bosch, W ^f   Drewes, H ^f   Gerstl, M ^f   Kelm, R ^f   Konig D ^a   Konig R ^a   Meisel, B ^f   Muller H ^f   Nothnagel, A ^e   Panafidina, N ^a,b   Richter, B ^h   Rudenko, S ^a   Schwegmann, W ^h   Seitz, M ^f   Steigenberger, P ^a,c   Tesmer, S ^e   Tesmer, V ^f,g   Thaller, D ^a,d   more..

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

^g OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

^h Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Combination; Geodetic geophysical time series; GGOS; Global Geodetic Observing System; Space geodetic techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; GEODESY; GPS; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 80052945112     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0475-x     Document Type: Article

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