Improving the estimation of fractional-cycle biases for ambiguity resolution in precise point positioning

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 579-589

  Geng, Jianghui ^a,d   Shi, Chuang ^b   Ge, Maorong ^c   Dodson, Alan H ^a   Lou, Yidong ^b   Zhao, Qile ^b   Liu, Jingnan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity resolution; Fractional cycle bias; GPS network solution; Precise point positioning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GNSS; GPS;

EID: 84864329535     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0537-0     Document Type: Article

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