<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present paper deals with the calibration method of interferometers with antennas having a small effective area, on the quasinoise signals of GLONASS and GPS navigation satellites. Algorithms for calculation of antenna coordinates and instrumental delay from the analysis of correlation interferometer response to signals of satellites in the near field of the instrument were reviewed. The method was tested in VLBI experiments on interferometers with medium and large baselines that included radio telescopes of NIRFI and VIRAC. The values of the antenna coordinates and instrumental delay with an error within the limits of one discrete were obtained. The sources of measurement errors and ways to improve the accuracy of results were analysed.</p></abstract>

The present paper deals with the calibration method of interferometers with antennas having a small effective area, on the quasinoise signals of GLONASS and GPS navigation satellites. Algorithms for calculation of antenna coordinates and instrumental delay from the analysis of correlation interferometer response to signals of satellites in the near field of the instrument were reviewed. The method was tested in VLBI experiments on interferometers with medium and large baselines that included radio telescopes of NIRFI and VIRAC. The values of the antenna coordinates and instrumental delay with an error within the limits of one discrete were obtained. The sources of measurement errors and ways to improve the accuracy of results were analysed.

Measurements of Interferometer Parameters at Reception of GLONASS and GPS Signals

Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI), 25/12a B. Pecherskaya Str., Nizhnij Novgorod, 603950,

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhnij Novgorod (UNN), 23 Gagarin Ave., Nizhnij Novgorod, 603950,

Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre” of Ventspils University College (VIRAC), 101 Inzenieru Str., Ventspils, LV-3601,

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The present paper deals with the calibration method of interferometers with antennas having a small effective area, on the quasinoise signals of GLONASS and...

Measurements of Interferometer Parameters at Reception of GLONASS and GPS Signals

Published Online: Nov 19, 2016

Page range: 24 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0033

Keywords
baseline, calibration, data processing, delay navigation space satellites, VLBI

© 2016 M. Nechaeva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Measurements of Interferometer Parameters at Reception of GLONASS and GPS Signals

Published Online: Nov 19, 2016

Page range: 24 - 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/lpts-2016-0033

Keywordsbaseline, calibration, data processing, delay navigation space satellites, VLBI

© 2016 M. Nechaeva et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
baseline, calibration, data processing, delay navigation space satellites, VLBI