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Working Groups: IVS Working Group on GPS Phase Center Mapping


Purpose The Working Group will study the issue of mapping the phase centers of the GPS satellites. The study will look at the feasibility, equipment, time required, and if it could be done with accuracy sufficient to make it worthwhile.

Working Group Members
Brian Corey (IVS), Chair
Ed Himwich (IVS)
Tim Springer (IGS)
Tom Herring (IGS)
Graham Appleby (ILRS)
Richard Biancale (ILRS)
Axel Nothnagel (IVS ex officio)
Wolfgang Schlueter (IVS ex officio)
Nancy Vandenberg (IVS ex officio)

Document Description
Minutes Minutes of the first meeting of the working group, held February 23, 2000.
Tim Springer's paper A description of the problems in GPS with the antennae phase center positions and their elevation dependence. Presented at the IVS General Meeting, February 23, 2000. Proceedings version.
Report to IVS Board WG Chair's report to the 4th meeting of the IVS Directing Board, September 17, 2000.