Online Courses Handbook 2003

10448 (v.2) Satellite Positioning 681

Area:	Department of Spatial Sciences
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to the Postgraduate Spatial Science program
Directed study and research. Satellite geodesy - reference frames and coordinate transformations, time. Satellite motion, ephemeris generation. Geodetic satellites, TRANSIT Doppler. GPS precise positioning - observation procedures, reductions to local datum, mathematical models. Satellite Laser Ranging, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, satellite altimetry. Hands on experience with GPS positioning. Case studies and applications.