An online quality control system for GPS stations used for geodetic surveillance

2012 IEEE I2MTC - International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 507-511

  D'Arco, Mauro ^a   Scarpato, Giovanni ^b,c   Tammaro, Umberto ^b   Vadursi, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

GPS; interference measurements; online monitoring; quality control; SNR

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; GPS NETWORK; INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENTS; KEY PARAMETERS; MAINTENANCE ACTION; ON-LINE QUALITY CONTROL; ONLINE MONITORING; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; SNR; STATE OF HEALTH; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; URBANIZED AREA; VOLCANIC AREAS;

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; QUALITY CONTROL;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84864202352     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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