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A comparative analysis of GPS range, Doppler and interferometric observations for geodetic positioning

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Geodetic positioning accuracies obtained from range, integrated Doppler and double differenced interferometric phase observations from a constellation of twenty-four Global Positioning System satellites are presented. It is demonstrated that GPS range and Doppler observations will provide sufficient accuracy for the estimation of geodetic coordinates. However the instability of the receiver atomic oscillator will limit the usefulness of these observations in providing rapid first-order baseline determination. Interferometric phase measurements twice differenced to eliminate clock error appear as an alternate procedure for providing such accuracies.

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  1. Naval Surface Weapons Center, Code K-12, 22448, Dahlgren, Virginia

    Patrick J. Fell

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Fell, P.J. A comparative analysis of GPS range, Doppler and interferometric observations for geodetic positioning. Bull. Geodesique 54, 564–574 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02530714

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