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Principles of the Global Positioning System

Art: Claes Janszoon Vooght, Ca. 1680 celestial chart by Claes Jansz Vooght, circa 1680 · Public domain

Instructor: Prof. Thomas Herring
Term: Spring 2012
Level: Graduate
What's inside: 1 lecture note · 73 other files · 2 web pages
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Principles of the Global Positioning System

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Lecture 1: Overview of the aims of the class ( PDF )

Lecture 2: Coordinate and time systems ( PDF )

Lecture 3: Potential fields and coordinate systems ( PDF )

Lecture 4: Coordinate types ( PDF - 1.7MB )

Lecture 5: GPS satellite orbits ( PDF )

Lecture 6: GPS observables ( PDF )

Lecture 7: Specifics of GPS signal ( PDF )

Lecture 8: Pseudorange measurements ( PDF )

Lecture 9: Range and phase data ( PDF - 1.3MB )

Lecture 10: Estimation: introduction ( PDF )

Lecture 11: Statistical approach to estimation ( PDF )

Lecture 12: Estimation: correlations ( PDF )

Lecture 13: Estimation ( PDF )

Lecture 14: Propagation medium: propagation ( PDF - 2.3MB )

Lecture 15: Propagation medium: neutral atmosphere ( PDF )

Lecture 16: Propagation: ionospheric delay ( PDF - 1MB )

Lecture 17: Basic antenna operation ( PDF - 1.7MB )

Lecture 18: Mathematical models in GPS ( PDF )

Lecture 19: GPS models and processing ( PDF - 1.4MB )

Lecture 20: Processing software ( PDF )

Lecture 21: GPS groups/IGS ( PDF )

Lecture 22: Kinematic GPS ( PDF )

Lecture 23: Applications, High-rate GPS results, and Tools ( PDF - 6.4MB )