Precision and accuracy of GPS-derived station displacements

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 53-54, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-79

  Steigenberger, Peter ^a   Seitz, Manuela ^b   Böckmann, Sarah ^c   Tesmer, Volker ^b,d   Hugentobler, Urs ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Geodatisches Forschungsinstitut   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Global Positioning System; Precision; SLR; Station positions and velocities; VLBI

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CO-LOCATED; GEODETIC TECHNIQUE; GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; GLOBAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; PRECISION; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SLR; SUBINTERVALS; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; VLBI;

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LOADING; RADIO ASTRONOMY; TRACKING (POSITION);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISPLACEMENT; GNSS; GPS; PRECISION; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 84870485972     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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