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This revised text covers the entire field of satellite geodesy. Basic chapters on reference systems, time, signal propogation and satellite orbits are updated. All currently important observation methods are included and also all newly launched satellites of interest to geodesy. Particular emphasis is given to the current status of the Global Positioning System (GPS), which covers about one third of the book. A new chapter on Differential GPS and active GPS reference networks is included. The GPS modernization plans, GLONASS, the forthcoming European system GALILEO, modern developments in GPS data analysis, error modelling, precise real time methods and ambiguity resolution are dealt with in detail. New satellite laser ranging missions, new altimetry missions (e.g. TOPEC/Poseidon, ERS-1/2, GFO, JASON), and new and forthcoming gravity field missions (CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE) are also considered. The book serves as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a reference for professionals and scientists in the field of engineering and geosciences such as geodesy, surveying, geo-information, navigation, geophysics and oceanography.
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Seeber · Satellite Geodesy
Günter Seeber
Satellite Geodesy 2nd completely revised and extended edition
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Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York 2003
Author Günter Seeber, Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Institut für Erdmessung Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 50 30167 Hannover Germany 1st edition 1993 This book contains 281 figures and 64 tables.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Seeber, Günter, 1941⫺ [Satellitengeodäsie. English] Satellite geodesy : foundations, methods, and applications / Günter Seeber. ⫺ 2nd completely rev. and e