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Glossary
A
Almanac 48
Ambiguity 24, 45, 48
Ambiguity Resolution 22, 24
Anti-Spoofing (A-S). See Error Sources
Atmospheric propagation delay 48
Azimuth 48
B
Bandwidth 48
Baseline 48
Bearing 48
Beat frequency 48
Binary biphase modulation 48
C
C/A code 7, 13, 18, 22, 49
Carrier 49
Carrier beat phase 49
Carrier phase 22, 23, 49
Cartesian coordinates 28, 49
Central Meridian 36, 37
Chip 49
Chip rate 49
Choke-Ring Antenna 16
Clock (Satellite and Receiver) 16
Clock offset 49
Code 49
Index
Compacted data 49
Conformal Projection 49
Control segment 8, 49
Coordinate system 28
Cartesian 28, 49
GPS 28
Local 29
Coordinate transformation 31
Helmert 32
Interpolation 33
One Step 33
Stepwise 33
Cutoff angle 50
Cycle slip 50
D
Data message 50
Deflection of the vertical 50
Delay lock 50
DGPS 10, 19, 20, 50
Differenced measurements 50
Differential positioning 50
Differential phase 22
Dilution of precision (DOP) 51
GDOP 17, 51, 52
HDOP 17, 51
HTDOP 51
PDOP 17, 51, 55
TDOP 51
VDOP 17, 51
Distance to satellite 13
Doppler shift 51
Double difference 23, 50
E
Eccentricity 51
Elevation 51
Ellipsoid 28, 51
Ellipsoid height 30, 51
Ephemeris 51
Epoch 51
Equipotential Surface 51
Error Sources 14
Anti-Spoofing (A-S) 18, 48
Dilution of Precision 17, 51
Multipath 16, 54
Satellite and Receiver clock 16
Selective Availability (S/A) 18, 56
Water Vapour 15
F
False Easting 36, 37
False Northing 36, 37
Flattening 52
Fundamental frequency 52