Establishment of a GPS permanent reference station at the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, India

A Global Positioning System (GPS) permanent station has been established as a reference point at the Department of Civil Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), by the IITB GPS group, and is continuously operating since January 2002. The station is being operated under a researc...

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Published in:Acta geodaetica et geophysica 2004, Vol.39 (1), p.55-59
Main Authors: Kulkarni, M. N., Rai, D., Pillai, P., Tomar, V. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil engineering
Earthquakes
Global positioning systems
GPS
Positioning systems
Research projects
Satellite navigation systems
Science and technology
Seismic activity
Technology
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Summary:A Global Positioning System (GPS) permanent station has been established as a reference point at the Department of Civil Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), by the IITB GPS group, and is continuously operating since January 2002. The station is being operated under a research project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, under the “National GPS Programme for Earthquake Studies”. A brief description of the station set up, the strategy used in determining its precise position, and some sample results are presented in this paper.
ISSN:1217-8977
2213-5812
1587-1037
2213-5820
DOI:10.1556/AGeod.39.2004.1.6