GPS snow depth meter with geometry-free linear combinations of carrier phases

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-219

  Ozeki, Masaru ^a   Heki, Kosuke ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPS; Linear combination; Multipath; Snow depth; SNR

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SNOW; WAVE REFLECTION;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 84857233768     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0511-x     Document Type: Article

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