GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS -- GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 HIGHER ORDER IONOSPHERIC ERRORS IN MODERNIZED GPS AND FUTURE GALILEO SYSTEMS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Higher Order Ionospheric Effects -- Ionospheric Refractive Index -- Ionospheric Phase and Group Delays -- Ionospheric Effects on GNSS Observables -- Higher Order Effects Computation -- Third Order Residual Error -- Error due to TEC Difference -- Error due to Excess Path Length -- Residual Range Error in the Phase Combination -- Residual Range Error in the Code Combination -- Higher Order Effects Correction -- Residual Error (ΔsTEC)tr Correction -- Residual Error (Δs3)tr Correction -- Excess Path Length (Δslen)tr Correction -- Quadruple-Frequency Combination -- New Dual-Frequency Combinations -- Impact of Ionosphere Free Combination -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2HIGHWAY GEOMETRY DETERMINATIONFROM GPS DATA -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Case Study -- GPS Devices -- Data Collection -- Data Post-Processing -- Determination of the Roadway Centerline -- Comparative Study -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3 HOW LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEXES OF GPS RADIO COLLAR REFLECT LOCATION ERROR IN MOUNT FUJI, CENTRAL JAPAN -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Study Area -- Location Performance Tests -- Data Analyses -- Results -- Summary of Location -- Relationships among Location Performance Indexes -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4"APPLICATION OF A GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONSYSTEM (GIS) AND THE GLOBAL POSITIONINGSYSTEM (GPS) TO DENGUE VIRUS VECTOR:AEDES MOSQUITOES DISTRIBUTIONIN AN EPIDEMIC AREA OF THAILAND",A TECHNICAL COMMENT -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Technical Comment -- 1. Study Design -- 2. Results -- 3. Discussion -- References.

Chapter5ACCURATEGPS-BASEDGUIDANCEOFAGRICULTURALVEHICLESOPERATINGONSLIPPERYGROUND -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.ExperimentalContext -- 3.VehicleModeling -- 3.1.ModelingAssumptionsandNotations -- 3.2.VehicleModelingunderNon-slidingAssumption -- 3.3.VehicleModelingAccountingforSlidingEffects -- 3.4.MeasurementandEstimationofVehicleVariables -- 3.4.1.DirectMeasurementoftheVehicleLocation -- 3.4.2.ReconstructionoftheVehicleHeading -- 3.4.3.EstimationoftheSlidingVariables -- 4.PathFollowingControlLawDesign -- 4.1.Non-linearControlinAbsenceofSliding -- 4.1.1.ConversionofVehicleModel(10)intoChainedForm -- 4.1.2.Non-linearControlLawDesign -- 4.2.InternalModelAdaptiveControlAccountingforSlidingEffects -- 4.3.ModelPredictiveControlAccountingforActuatorFeatures -- 4.3.1.IdentificationofSteeringActuatorModel -- 4.3.2.ControlLaw(35)Rewriting -- 4.3.3.PredictiveControlDesign -- 5.ExperimentalResults -- 5.1.GuidanceLawsCapabilitiesintheAbsenceofSliding -- 5.1.1.StepResponses -- Stepresponsesatrelatedvelocities -- Stepresponseswithatime-varyingvelocity -- Stepresponseswithlargeinitialconditions -- 5.1.2.SineCurveFollowing -- 5.2.GuidanceLawsCapabilitieswithRespecttoSlidingEffects -- 5.2.1.GuidanceonLevelSlipperyFieldswhenthePathCurvatureisConstant -- ExperimentalvalidationofModel(11)andslidingestimation(16) -- Guidancecapabilitiesofadaptivecontrollaw(35) -- Guidancecapabilitiesofpredictivecontrollaw(46) -- 5.2.2.GuidanceonLevelSlipperyFieldswhenthePathCurvatureisVarying -- 5.2.3.StraightLineFollowingonaSlopingField -- ExperimentalvalidationofModel(11)andslidingestimation(16) -- Guidancecapabilitiesofadaptivecontrollaws(35) -- 6.Conclusion -- References -- Chapter6GLOBALPOSITIONINGSYSTEMCONSTRAINTSONPLATEKINEMATICSINTHESOUTHERNALPSATTHENUBIA-EURASIABOUNDARY -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 1.1.TheAdriaticMicroplate -- 1.2.TheActiveFaultsofFriuli.

2.FriuliGPSVelocityField -- 2.1.TheContinuousGPSNetworkFReDNet -- 2.2.DataAcquisition -- 2.3.AnalysisMethod -- 2.3.1.SettingupGAMIT -- ControlandDataFiles -- 2.3.2.RunningGAMIT -- 2.3.3.CheckingtheDailySolutions -- 2.3.4.CombinationwithGlobalh-files -- 2.3.5.OutlierDetection -- 2.3.6.MonthlyCombinations -- 2.3.7.DefiningtheReferenceFrame -- 2.3.8.PlottingTimeSeries -- 2.3.9.DeterminingtheSiteVelocitiesandEstimatingtheError -- 2.3.10.SummaryofGPSProcessing -- 3.ResultsofGPSProcessing -- 3.1.TimeSeries -- 3.2.SiteVelocitiesandError -- 3.3.ComparisonoftheResultswithSOPACandEUREFSolutions -- 4.DiscussionofVelocityField -- 4.1.InfluenceonVelocitiesduetoStrainAccumulationalongFaults -- 5.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter7ESTIMATIONOFREGIONALSTRESSINCREMENTDISTRIBUTIONUSINGGPSARRAYDATA -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.FormulatoinofStressInversionMethod -- 3.GPSArrayDataAnalysis -- 3.1.AssumptionsNeededinApplyingStressInversionMethodtoGPSArrayData -- 3.2.ResultsofNumericalAnalysisofGPSArrayData -- 4.ConcludingRemarks -- Acknowedgement -- References -- Chapter8GPS-BASEDOPTIMALFIRFILTERINGANDSTEERINGOFCLOCKERRORS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.TimescaleErrors -- 2.1.GPS-basedClockEstimationandSteering -- 2.2.MainSourcesofTimeErrors -- 2.2.1.GPSTimeError -- 2.2.2.SawtoothNoise -- 2.2.3.ClockNoise -- 3.FIRFilteringofClockStates -- 3.1.StateSpaceModeloftheClock -- 3.1.1.RepresentationonaFiniteHorizon -- 3.2.OptimalFIRFilteringoftheTIE -- 3.2.1.LargeAveragingHorizonN≫1 -- 3.2.2.EstimateVariance -- 3.3.UnbiasedFIRFilteringoftheTIE -- 3.3.1.PolynomialFIRFilterGain -- 3.3.2.UniquePolynomialFIRFilterGains -- 3.3.3.OptimumHorizonandSamplingInterval -- 3.4.UnbiasedFIRFilteringAlgorithms -- 3.4.1.BasicAlgorithm -- 3.4.2.ThinningAlgorithm -- 3.5.ApplicationstoCrystalClocks -- 3.5.1.TheFirstClockState -- 3.5.2.TheSecondClockState.

3.5.3.TheThirdClockState -- 4.PredictionofClockInstabilities -- 4.0.4.StateSpaceRepresentationonFiniteHorizons -- 4.1.OptimalPredictiveFIRFilteringoftheTIE -- 4.1.1.LargeAveragingHorizonN≫1 -- 4.1.2.PredictiveEstimateVariance -- 4.2.UnbiasedPredictiveFIRFiltering -- 4.2.1.PolynomialGainofthePredictiveUnbiasedFIRFilter -- 4.2.2.Propertiesofthep-stepDependentGain -- 4.2.3.Ap-stepPredictiveUnbiasedRampFIRFilter -- 4.2.4.Ap-stepPredictiveUnbiasedFIRFilterwithaQuadraticGain -- 4.2.5.Generalizations -- 4.3.ApplicationstoGPS-basedMeasurements -- 4.3.1.PredictionAlgorithms -- 4.3.2.PotentialofFIRPrediction -- 4.3.3.MeasurementwithSawtooth -- 4.3.4.MeasurementswithSawtoothCorrection -- 5.SteeringofClockErrors -- 5.1.GPS-basedSynchronizationLoopModel -- 5.2.ApplicationstoGPS-lockedCrystalClocks -- 5.2.1.InstantaneousSynchronizationError -- 5.2.2.AllanDeviation -- 5.2.3.TimeDeviation -- 5.2.4.Generalizations -- 6.Conclusions -- A.KalmanAlgorithm -- References -- INDEX -- Blank Page.