Improvements of USCG RTK positioning performance using external NOAA tropospheric corrections integrated with a multiple reference station approach

Proceedings of the National Technical Meeting, Institute of Navigation

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages 689-698

  Alves, Paul ^a   Ahn, Yong Won ^a   Liu, Junjie ^a   Lachapelle, Gérard ^a   Wolfe, D ^b   Cleveland, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST SYSTEMS LABORATORY (FSL); MARINE NAVIGATION; REFERENCE STATIONS; UNITED STATES COAST GAURD (USGC);

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ERRORS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TRACKING (POSITION); TROPOSPHERE; VAPORS; WATER;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 8344234881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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