Definition
A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) consists of a set of globally distributed satellites that are used for geospatial positioning and timing. Examples of existing GNSS are the US Global Positioning System (GPS), the Russian GLONASS system, the European Union GALILEO system, and the Chinese BEIDOU system. This article focuses on data processing used in the GPS system and illustrates its particular uses for scientific studies of the Earth’s atmosphere, covering only ground-based analysis.
Historical Background
The Global Positioning System (GPS) was originally deployed to serve primarily as a navigation aid. It was developed by the US Department of Defense as an all-weather space-based navigation, positioning, and timing system. GPS superseded the first satellite-based navigation system, TRANSIT, and other ground-based navigation systems such as LORAN. The design of GPS took advantage of advances in atomic clock technology allowing the use of these clocks in a space...
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Pankratius, V., Coster, A., Vierinen, J., Erickson, P., Rideout, B. (2017). GPS Data Processing for Scientific Studies of the Earth’s Atmosphere and Near-Space Environment. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H., Zhou, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17885-1_1651
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