Evaluation of the ITRF2008 GPS vertical velocities using satellite antenna z-offsets

GPS Solutions

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-246

  Collilieux, X ^a,b   Schmid, R ^c  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b GRGS   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

GPS; Kalman filter; Satellite antenna phase center; Space geodetic techniques; Terrestrial reference frame

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ERRORS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KALMAN FILTERS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANTENNA PHASE CENTER; CORRELATED NOISE; GEODETIC TECHNIQUE; PERIODIC VARIATION; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA; CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; KALMAN FILTER; NOISE;

EID: 84875377890     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-012-0274-8     Document Type: Article

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