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RHCP Right Hand Circular Polarization used to
discriminate satellite signals. GNSS signals are
RHCP.
RINEX (Receiver Independent Exchange) is a file
set of standard definitions and formats designed
receiver or software manufacturer ind
promote the free exchange of GNSS data. The
RINEX file format consists of separate files, the thre
most commonly used are:
to be
ependent and to
e
s; where YY indicates
n
rrected relative to a stationary
bit and
used to transmit corrections from a base
sed
sage.
kinematic.
S/A see Selective Availability.
the observation (.YYo) file,
the navigation (.YYn) file,
meteorological (.YYm) file
the last two digits of the year the data was
collected.
rover any mobile GNSS receiver and field computer
collecting data in the field. A roving receiver’s positio
can be differentially co
reference GNSS receiver or by using GNSS or
clock corrections from a SBAS such as StarFire.
roving receiver see rover.
RTCM (Radio Technical Commission for Maritime
Services) a standard format for Differential GNSS
corrections
station to rovers. RTCM allows both real-time
kinematic (RTK) data collection and post-processed
differential data collection. RTCM SC-104 (RTCM
Special Committee 104) is the most commonly u
version of RTCM mes
RTK see Real-time
RTG Real Time GIPSY, a processing technique
developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to
provide a single set of real time global corrections for
the GPS satellites.