Absolute IGS antenna phase center model igs08.atx: status and potential improvements

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 343-364

  Schmid, R ^a   Dach, R ^b   Collilieux, X ^c   Jaggi A ^b   Schmitz, M ^d   Dilssner, F ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Geo++ GmbH   (Germany)

^e ESA ESOC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS); GLONASS; GPS; International GNSS Service (IGS); Receiver antenna calibration; Satellite antenna phase center corrections

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTENNA; CALIBRATION; CORRECTION; GNSS; GPS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84951774373     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-015-0876-3     Document Type: Article

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