GPS (eBook)

Guochang Xu graduated in mathematics and geodesy from Wuhan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1982 and 1984 respectively. He obtained his doctorate from the Technical University Berlin in 1992. Having worked as a scientist at the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam from 1993 to 1998 and as a senior scientist at the National Survey and Cadastre, Denmark, from 1998 to 1999, he returned to the GFZ as a senior scientist in 1999. He has been involved in GPS research since 1993 and has authored and co-authored several books and software. He is also an overseas assessor of CAS and the Chinese Education Ministry and an adjunct professor of ChangAn University and CAS.

Preface to the Second Edition 6
Preface to the First Edition 8
Contents 11
Abbreviations and Constants 16
Introduction 20
Coordinate and Time Systems 25
Satellite Orbits 39
GPS Observables 54
Physical Influences of GPS Surveying 60
GPS Observation Equations and Equivalence Properties 104
Adjustment and Filtering Methods 150
Cycle Slip Detection and Ambiguity Resolution 183
Parameterisation and Algorithms of GPS Data Processing 202
Applications of GPS Theory and Algorithms 234
Perturbed Orbit and its Determination 257
Discussions 319
IAU 1980 Theory of Nutation 322
Numerical Examples of the Diagonalisation of the Equations 324
References 330
Subject Index 350