IGS08: The IGS realization of ITRF2008

GPS Solutions

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-494

  Rebischung, P ^a   Griffiths, J ^b   Ray, J ^b   Schmid, R ^c   Collilieux, X ^a   Garayt, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

GNSS; IGS; ITRF; Phase center calibration; Terrestrial reference frame; Tracking network

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

GNSS; ITRF; PHASE CENTER; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME; TRACKING NETWORKS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ANTENNA; CALIBRATION; GNSS; TRACKING;

EID: 84873271159     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-011-0248-2     Document Type: Article

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