Sea level time series and ocean tide analysis from multipath signals at five GPS sites in different parts of the world

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-80

  Löfgren, Johan S ^a   Haas, Rüdiger ^a   Scherneck, Hans Georg ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GPS; Multipath; Ocean tide analysis; Reflected signals; Sea level; Signal to noise ratio; Tide gauge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921592134     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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