Precise point positioning with satellite navigation signals requires knowledge of satellite code and phase biases. In this paper, a new multi-stage method is proposed for estimating of these biases using measurements from a geodetic network. The method first subtracts all available a priori knowledge on orbits, satellite clocks and multipath from the measurements to reduce their dynamics. Secon...

In recent years, many national timing laboratories have installed geodetic Global Positioning System receivers together with their traditional GPS/GLONASS Common View receivers and Two Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer equipments. Many of these geodetic receivers operate continuously within the International GNSS Service (IGS), and their data are regularly processed by IGS Analysis Cent...

Geodesy is the science of measuring and mapping the geometry, orientation and gravity field of the Earth including the associated variations with time. Geodesy has also provided the foundation for high accuracy surveying and mapping. Modern Geodesy involves a range of space and terrestrial technologies that contribute to our knowledge of the solid earth, atmosphere and oceans. These technologie...

We are investigating the use of GPS carrier-phase for high accuracy time transfer measurements. We have conducted a long-term time transfer experiment between the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Master Clock and Alternate Master Clock (AMC). These clocks are located at the USNO in Washington D.C. and Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colorado, respectively. At both location...

The recent development of the International Global Navigation Satellite Systems Service Real-Time Pilot Project and the enormous progress in precise point positioning (PPP) techniques provide a promising opportunity for real-time determination of IntegratedWater Vapor (IWV) using GPS ground networks for various geodetic and meteorological applications. In this study, we develop a new real-time ...

This report presents the results of an eight-month study of signal processing techniques applicable to the Geodetic Satellite Altimeter program. The first subject treated is the analysis of random errors in the altitude measurement process which arise from signal fluctuations and receiver noise. Results are presented based on both theoretical analyses and computer simulation of the altimeter co...

Using satellite cloud images to simulate clouds is one of the new visual simulation technologies in Virtual Reality (VR). Taking the original data of satellite cloud images as the source, this paper depicts specifically the technology of 3D satellite cloud imaging through the transforming of coordinates and projection, creating a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) of cloud imaging and 3D simulation....

Information on sea level and its changes are important in connection to global climate change processes. For centuries, sea level has been observed with coastal tide gauges and since some decades with satellite altimetry. Furthermore, during recent years the application of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reflectometry, also known as GNSS-R, for sea level observations has been develope...