Gps Theory Algorithms And Applications 3Ed (Hb 2016) Hardcover

This comprehensive reference and handbook details the theory, algorithms, and diverse applications of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and Compass. It's largely based on the source code of the KSGsoft program developed at GFZ Potsdam, with its theory and algorithms further expanded and validated through the development of new multi-functional GPS/Galileo software. Building upon concepts from previous editions—such as unified GPS data processing, diagonalization algorithms, adaptive Kalman filters, ambiguity search criteria, algebraic solutions of variation equations, the equivalence theorem of GPS algorithms, independent parameterization, and an alternative solar radiation model—this new edition incorporates the modernization of GNSS systems, new theoretical and algorithmic developments, and advancements in a wide range of applications relevant to users in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, and worldwide. Mathematically rigorous, the book starts with introductions to coordinate and time systems, satellite orbits, and GNSS observables. It then covers physical influences, observation equations and their parameterization, adjustment and filtering techniques, ambiguity resolution, software development and data processing, and the determination of perturbed orbits.