The accidental tide gauge: A GPS reflection case study from kachemak bay, Alaska

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1200-1204

  Larson, Kristine M ^a   Ray, Richard D ^b   Nievinski, Felipe G ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^c  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; multipath; reflections; tide gauge

Indexed keywords

GPS RECEIVERS; MEAN SEA LEVEL; MULTIPATH; REFLECTED GPS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME; TIDE GAUGES; TIME-PERIODS;

GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; REFLECTION; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 84879944817     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2012.2236075     Document Type: Article

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