Forward modeling of GPS multipath for near-surface reflectometry and positioning applications

GPS Solutions

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 309-322

  Nievinski, Felipe G ^a   Larson, Kristine M ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent; GNSS; GPS; Interferometric; Multipath; Reflections; Reflectometry; Simulation; Simulator

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SIMULATORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

COHERENT; GNSS; INTERFEROMETRIC; MULTIPATH; REFLECTOMETRY; SIMULATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ANTENNA; DOPPLER RADAR; GNSS; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; REFLECTOMETRY; SIGNAL; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84896357861     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-013-0331-y     Document Type: Article

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