GS 820: Continental Deformation and GPS Geodesy

Syllabus​

Introduction, History of GPS, Overview of GPS, Reference Frames, Satellite Orbits, GPS signal structure, GPS Observables, Surveying with GPS, Positioning with GPS, Processing of GPS Data, Applications of GPS, Continental Deformation studies using GPS, Continental Deformation studies using GPS in the Indian sub-continent.

Texts/References

  • Bruce Grubbs,  Basic Essentials Using GPS,  2nd   Edn., Falcon Pub., 2005
  • Elliott D. Kaplan and Christopher Hegarty, Understanding GPS: Principles and Applications, 2nd  Edn., Artech House Publishers, 2005
  • Guochang Xu, GPS: Theory, Algorithms and Applications, Springer, 2nd   Edn., 2007.Hoffmann-Wellenhof, B., Lichtenegger, H., and Collins, J, GPS Theory and Practice 5th  Edn., Springer, 2001
  • Hofmann-Wellenhof, B., Lichtenegger, H. and Wasle, E., GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and more. Springer, 2007
  • Leick, A.,GPS Satellite Surveying, 3rd  Edn., John Wiley and Sons, 2004