OPTIMUM SIX PARAMETER ESTIMATION PROCESS FOR NAVIGATION SATELLITE (SRN-9) DATA

An optimum six parameter estimation process employing a weighted quadratic performance index is formulated and programmed for the reduction of data from the integrated doppler navigation satellite system (SRN-9). The six parameters of the state are taken as errors in the initial estimates of receiver latitude, longitude, frequency, velocity north, velocity east, and geoidal height. For weighting purposes, a priori estimates of both the measurement covariance and the state covariance are required. In return, the program produces both the "best estimate" of the state and, of equal importance, the expected errors of this determination in the form of the output state error covariance. A method of adjusting this covariance to reflect the achieved value of the performance index is presented.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Marine Technology Society

  5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 108
  Columbia, MD  United States  21044
• Authors:
  • Matzke, D E
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 37-42
• Serial:
  • Marine Technology Society Journal
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Marine Technology Society
  • ISSN: 0025-3324
  • Serial URL: http://ingentaconnect.com/content/mts/mtsj

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Doppler radar; Error analysis; Navigation radar; Navigational satellites; Satellite navigation systems
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00032175
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1972 12:00AM