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Publications

Bisnath, S.B. and R.B. Langley (1996). Assessment of the GPS/MET Turbostar GPS receiver for orbit determination of a future CSA micro/small satellite. Final contract report for Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Quebec, July, 188 pp.

Chen, X., R.B. Langley, and H. Dragert (1996). Investigation of annual variations in the WCDA GPS solutions. ION-GPS-96, Proceedings 9th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation, Kansas City,. Mo., 17-20 September, The Institute of Navigation, Alexandria, Va., pp. 1809-1818.

Collins, J. P., and R.B. Langley (1996). Mitigating tropospheric propagation delay errors in precise airborne GPS navigation. PLANS '96, Proceedings IEEE Position , Location and Navigation Symposium, Atlanta, Ga., 22-26 April, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Inc., New York, N.Y., pp. 582-589.

Collins, J. P., R.B. Langley, and J. LaMance (1996). Limiting factors in tropospheric propagation delay error modelling for GPS airborne navigation. Proceedings The Institute of Navigation 52nd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Mass., 19-21 June, The Institute of Navigation, Alexandria, Va., pp. 519-528.

Coster, A. J., A.E. Niell, F.S. Solheim, V.B. Mendes, P.C. Toor, R.B. Langley, and C.A. Ruggles (1996). The Westford water vapor experiment: Use of GPS to determine total precipitable water vapor. Proceedings The Institute of Navigation 52nd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Mass., 19-21 June, The Institute of Navigation, Alexandria, Va., pp. 529-538.

Du, Z., D. Wells, and L.A. Mayer (1996). An approach to automatic detection of outliers in multibeam echo sounding data. The Hydrographic Journal, No. 79, pp. 19-23.

Featherstone, W. E., and P. Vaníček (1996). The usage of Stokes in the possessive. Bulletin of the International Geoid Service, No. 5, December, pp. 153-154.

Georgiadou, Y. (1996). Contribution to the development of mapping infrastructure in Argentina. Proceedings 63rd Meeting and International Symposium of International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15-19 April, pp. 108-118.

Hickling Corporation and D. Wells (1996). Satellite navigation and communications technology review. APEC Transportation Safety and Security Project for Transport Canada, by the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., 23 September, 160 pp.

Kleusberg, A., and P.J.G. Teunissen (eds.) (1996). GPS for Geodesy. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 407 pp.

Kleusberg, A., D. Wells, P. Stewart, and J. Hanley (1996). Specification of L1/L2 precision positioning algorithms. Contract report for Applied Analytics Corporation, Applied Analytics Corporation, Markham, Ontario, January, 25 pp.

Komjathy, A., and R.B. Langley (1996). An assessment of predicted and measured ionospheric total electron content using a regional GPS network. The Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting, Santa Monica, Calif., 22-24 January, The Institute of Navigation, Alexandria, Va., pp. 615-624.

Komjathy, A., and R.B. Langley (1996). Improvement of a global ionospheric model to provide ionospheric range error corrections for single-frequency GPS users. Proceedings The Institute of Navigation 52nd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Mass., 19-21 June, The Institute of Navigation, Alexandria, Va., pp. 557-566.

Langley, R.B. (1996). Propagation of the GPS signals. Chapter 3 in GPS for Geodesy, eds., A. Kleusberg and P J. G. Teunissen, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 103-140.

Langley, R.B. (1996). GPS receivers and the observables. Chapter 4 in GPS for Geodesy, eds., A. Kleusberg and P J. G. Teunissen, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 141-173.

Langley, R.B. (1996). How an interferometer works. Sidebar in GPS World, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 50.

Langley, R.B. (1996). What is a Quasar? Sidebar in GPS World, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 50.

Langley, R.B. (1996). The GPS user's bookshelf. GPS World, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 56-63.

Langley, R.B. (1996). The GPS user's bookshelf. The Ontario Land Surveyor Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 2, and No. 3, pp. 13-17, and pp. 18-20.

Lorente, H.E., D. Esteban, J. C. Usandivaras, J. Brizzi, D. Canosa, Y. Georgiadou, A. Kleusberg, R.B. Langley (1996). A contribution to the development of mapping infrastructure in Argentina. Proceedings 63rd Meeting and International Symposium of International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15-19 April, FIG, pp. 108-118.

Martinec, Z., and P. Vaníček (1996). Formulation of the boundary-value problem for geoid determination with a higher-order reference field. Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 126, pp. 219-228.

Martinec, Z., P. Vaníček, A. Mainville, and M. Veronneau (1996). Evaluation of topographical effects in precise geoid determination from densely sampled heights. Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 70, No. 11, pp. 746-754.

Niell, A. E., A. J. Coster, F. S. Solheim, V. B. Mendes, P. C. Toor, R.B. Langley, and C. A. Ruggles (1996). Measurement of water vapor by GPS, WVR, and radiosonde. Proceedings 11th Working Meeting on European VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry, Onsala, Sweden, 23-24 August, Research Report No. 177, Department of Radio and Space Science with Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, pp. 96-101.

Ou Z. and P. Vaníček (1996). The effects of data density on the accuracy of foot-line determination through maximum curvature surface by automatic ridge tracing algorithm. International Hydrographic Review, Vol. LXXIII, No. 2, September, pp. 27-38.

Ou Z. and P. Vaníček (1996). Automatic tracing of the foot of the continental slope. Marine Geodesy, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 181-195.

Santos, M. C., P. Vaníček, and R. B. Langley (1996). Principles of orbit improvement and generation of ephemerides for the Global Positioning System. Revista Brasileira de Geofísica (Brazilian Journal of Geophysics, the Journal of the Brazilian Society of Geophysics), Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 253-262.

Sun W., and P. Vaníček (1996). On the discrete problem of downward Helmert's gravity continuation. Techniques for Local Geoid Determination, Proceedings of Session G7 of the annual meeting of the European Geophysical Society, The Hague, 6-10 May, Finnish Geodetic Institute Report No. 96:2, pp. 29-34.

Sun W., S. Okubo, and P. Vaníček (1996). Surface displacements caused by earthquake dislocations in realistic earth models. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, No. B4, pp. 8561-8578.

Teunissen, P., and A. Kleusberg (1996). GPS observation equations and positioning concepts. Chapter 5 in GPS for Geodesy, eds., A. Kleusberg and P J. G. Teunissen, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 175-217.

Vaníček, P. (1996). Geodetic Commentary to TALOS Manual. International Hydrographic Bureau, Appendix to Special Publication No. 51, 11 pp.

Vaníček, P., and R. R. Steeves (1996). Transformation of coordinates between two horizontal geodetic datums. Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 70, No. 11, pp. 740-745.

Vaníček, P., A.M. Abolghasem, and M. Najafi (1996). The need for precise geoid and how to get it. NCC Scientific and Technical Quarterly Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, Serial 25, pp. 16-22.

Vaníček, P., P. Ong., E. J. Krakiwsky, and M. R. Craymer (1996). Application of robustness analysis to large geodetic networks. Final contract report for the Geodetic Survey Division, Natural Resources Canada, Technical Report No. 180 of the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, Fredericton, N.B., March, 75 pp.

Vaníček, P., M. Najafi, Z. Martinec, L. Harrie, and L. E. Sjöberg (1996). Higher-order reference field in the generalized Stokes-Helmert scheme for geoid computation. Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 176-182.

Vaníček, P., Sun W., P. Ong, Z. Martinec, P. Vajda, and B. ter Horst (1996). Downward continuation of Helmert's gravity. Journal of Geodesy, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 21-34.

Vaníček, P., A. Kleusberg, Z. Martinec, Sun W., P. Ong, M. Najafi, P. Vajda, L. Harrie, P. Tomasek, B. ter Horst (1996). Compilation of a precise regional geoid. Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Technical Report No. 184, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., 48 pp.

Wells, D. (1996). GPS reality checks. Lighthouse, Journal of the Canadian Hydrographic Association, Edition 53, Spring, pp. 21-25.

Wells, D., A. Kleusberg, and P. Vaníček (1996). A seamless vertical-reference surface for the acquisition, management, and ECDIS display of hydrographic data. Final contract report for the Canadian Hydrographic Survey, Technical Report No. 179 of the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., March, 64 pp.

Presentations

Brunini, C., and A. Kleusberg (1996). "Mapas Globales de Retardo Ionosferico Vertical a Partir de Observaciones GPS." Invited presentation at 4th International Congress on Earth Sciences, Santiago, Chile, 5-9 August.

Chen, X., R. B. Langley, and H. Dragert (1996). "Investigation of annual variations in the WCDA GPS solutions." Presented at 9th International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation Satellite Division, Kansas City, Mo., 17-20 September.

Collins, J. P., and R. B. Langley (1996). "Mitigating tropospheric propagation delay errors in precise airborne GPS navigation." Presented at IEEE Position Location and Navigation Symposium, Atlanta, Ga., 22-26 April.

Collins, P., R. B. Langley, and J. LaMance (1996). "Limiting factors in tropospheric propagation delay error modelling for GPS airborne navigation." Presented at The Institute of Navigation 52nd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Mass., 19-21 June.

Coster, A. J., A. E. Niell, F. S. Solheim, V. B. Mendes, P. C. Toor, R. B. Langley, and C. A. Ruggles (1996). "The Westford water vapor experiment: Use of GPS to determine total precipitable water vapour." Presented at The Institute of Navigation 52nd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Mass., 19-21 June.

Georgiadou, Y. (1996). "GPS theory and applications." Graduate course given for the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of la Plata, Argentina, January to March.

Georgiadou, Y. (1996). "Un sistema para la administracion de posicion basado en GPS." Invited presentation at IV International Congress on Earth Sciences, Santiago, Chile, 5-9 August.

Georgiadou, Y. (1996). "The Argentine Cadastre: A contribution to the management of transition." Invited presentation at International Conference on Land Tenure and Administration, Orlando, Fla., 12-14 November.

Kleusberg, A. (1996). "Trends in differential GPS." Invited lecture at University of Trondheim, Norway, 25 January.

Kleusberg, A. (1996). "Geoid computation at UNB." Invited lecture at University of La Plata, Argentina, 14 February.

Kleusberg, A. (1996). "Calibración del retardo ionosférico vertical en observaciones astrométricas y geodésicas." Invited presentation at Annual meeting of the Argentinean Astronomical Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March.

Komjathy, A., and R. B. Langley (1996). "An assessment of predicted and measured ionospheric total electron content using a regional GPS network." Presented at The Institute of Navigation National Technical Meeting, Santa Monica, Calif., 22-24 January.

Komjathy, A., and R. B. Langley (1996). "The effect of shell height on high precision ionospheric modelling using GPS." Presented at International GPS Service for Geodynamics Workshop, Silver Spring, Md., 19-21 March.

Komjathy, A., and R. B. Langley (1996). "Improvement of a global ionospheric model to provide ionospheric range error corrections for single-frequency GPS users." Presented at The Institute of Navigation 52nd Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Mass., 19-21 June.

Komjathy, A., and R. B. Langley (1996). "Updating the international reference ionosphere using a global network of GPS stations: Preliminary results." Invited presentation at Workshop for Ionospheric Delay Correction for Single-Frequency Radar Altimetry, Boulder, Colo., 24-25 September.

Komjathy, A., and R. B. Langley (1996). "Towards an improved ionospheric modelling technique for single-frequency GPS users: A sensitivity analysis." Seminar presented at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic, 1 March.

Komjathy, A., and R. B. Langley (1996). "A summary of the data analysis for Halifax GPS precision approach trials." Seminar presented at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, 4 March.

Komjathy, A., and R. B. Langley (1996). "High precision ionospheric modelling: Results, facts, and limitations." Seminar presented at the Satellite Geodetic Observatory, Penc, Hungary, 5 March.

Langley, R. B., and A. Komjathy (1996). "High precision ionospheric total electron count mapping using the Navstar Global Positioning System." Invited presentation at American Geophysical Union Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 23-27 July.

Langley, R. B. (1996). "Atmospheric effects," in `The Directions of GPS Lecture Series,' invited lecture at School of Geomatic Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 30-31 July.

Langley, R. B. (1996). "Modelling atmospheric propagation delays in GPS positioning and navigation." Seminar given at Department of Geomatics, University of Melbourne, Australia, 6 August.

Langley, R. B. (1996). "Introduction to geodesy and geomatics." Invited presentation at Geomatics Atlantic and UNB Workshop for High School Students, Fredericton, 9 October.

Langley, R. B. (1996). "Mapping the atmosphere with GPS." Seminar given at Centre for Research in Geomatics, Université Laval, Québec, 8 November.

Lorente, H. E., D. Esteban, J. C. Usandivaras, J. Brizzi, D. Canosa, Y. Georgiadou, A. Kleusberg, and R. B. Langley (1996). "A contribution to the development of mapping infrastructure in Argentina." Invited presentation at 63rd Meeting and International Symposium of International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15-19 April.

Niell, A. E., A. J. Coster, F. S. Solheim, V. B. Mendes, P. C. Toor, R. B. Langley, and C. A. Ruggles (1996). "Measurement of water vapor by GPS, WVR and radiosonde." Presented at 11th Working Meeting on European VLBI for Geodesy and Astrometry, Onsala, Sweden, 23-24 August.

Ou Ziqiang (1996). "Automatic tracing of continental slope foot-line from real bathymetric data." Presented at IAG-GALOS Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 1-4 July.

Sun, W., and P. Vaníček (1996). "On the discrete problem of downward Helmert's gravity continuation." Invited presentation at Session G7 of European Geophysical Society annual meeting, The Hague, 6-10 May.

Vaníček, P. (1996). "Robustness analysis of horizontal geodetic networks." Invited lecture at University Teknologi Malaysia, Johore Bahru, Malaysia, 28 June.

Vaníček, P. (1996). "Reduction of discrete gravity data onto the geoid in Helmert's Space." Invited lecture at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2 May.

Vaníček, P., and Z. Ou (1996). "Automatic tracing of continental slope foot-line from bathymetric data." Invited presentation at Second International GALOS Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 1-4 July.

Wells, D. (1996). "Hydrographic surveying." Five-week lecture series at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johore Bahru, Malaysia, 8 January - 20 February.

Wells, D. (1996). "The state-of-the-art in digital hydrography and ocean mapping." Invited lecture at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 26 February.

Wells, D. (1996). "Multibeam training course for Nautronix and Western Australia Hydrographic Society." Five-day lecture series, Fremantle, Australia, 11-15 March.

Wells, D. (1996). "Multibeam training course for United States Army Corps of Engineers." Three-day lecture series, Mobile, Ala., U.S.A., 18-20 March.

Wells, D. (1996). "GPS and selective availability." Invited presentation at Canadian Hydrographic Conference, Halifax, N.S., 3-5 June.

Wells, D. (1996). "Third Coastal Multibeam Training Course for the United States/Canada Hydrographic Commission Coastal Multibeam Working Group." Ten-day lecture series, St. Andrews, N.B., 16-25 June.

Wells, D. (1996). "Multibeam sonar: Potential applications for coral monitoring." Invited presentation at Coral Monitoring Workshop, Miami, Fla., 17-18 September.

Wells, D. (1996). "Use of hand-held GPS receivers in search and rescue." Invited address to Royal Canadian Mounted Police and City of Fredericton Police, Fredericton, September.

Wells, D. (1996). "Introduction to geodesy and geomatics." Invited presentation at Geomatics Atlantic and UNB Workshop for High School Students, Fredericton, 9 October.