Coastal sea level measurements using a single geodetic GPS receiver

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1301-1310

  Larson, Kristine M ^a   Löfgren, Johan S ^b   Haas, Rüdiger ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GNSS; GPS; Reflected signals; Sea level; SNR; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; SEA LEVEL; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURFACE WATERS; TIDE GAGES; TIDES;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS; GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); ONSALA SPACE OBSERVATORY; REFLECTED SIGNAL; TIDE GAUGES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84875237570     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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