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GPS Ambiguity Resolution: Impact of Time Correlation, Cross-Correlation and Satellite Elevation Dependence

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In this contribution we discuss the geometry-free GPS single baseline model and show how the least-squares ambiguities are affected by changes in the stochastic model. We particularly pay attention to the effect of time correlation, cross-correlation and satellite elevation dependence. We also differentiate between the impact on the location of the ambiguity search space and the impact on the size and shape of the search space. The analysis is carried out for both the model in which the ionospheric delays are assumed absent, and for the model in which they are assumed present. The former model is applicable to short baselines only.

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Teunissen, P. GPS Ambiguity Resolution: Impact of Time Correlation, Cross-Correlation and Satellite Elevation Dependence. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 41, 181–195 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023340713054

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