The impact of radome on the GPS observation

The GPS antenna detects an electromagnetic signal arriving from a satellite, doing filtering, and finally going through further processing by the receiver electronics. For geodetic, high-precision applications such as for continuous monitoring, additional ground plane or choke rings have been used p...

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Main Authors: Mat Amin, Zulkarnaini, Wan Mohd. Akib, Wan Abd. Aziz, Tan, Han Yeong, Nordin, Zuhaidah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: USM 2005
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/1663/
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author Mat Amin, Zulkarnaini
Wan Mohd. Akib, Wan Abd. Aziz
Tan, Han Yeong
Nordin, Zuhaidah
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Wan Mohd. Akib, Wan Abd. Aziz
Tan, Han Yeong
Nordin, Zuhaidah
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description The GPS antenna detects an electromagnetic signal arriving from a satellite, doing filtering, and finally going through further processing by the receiver electronics. For geodetic, high-precision applications such as for continuous monitoring, additional ground plane or choke rings have been used primarily to mitigate multipath effects. In addition, GPS antennas for such applications are often protected against possible damages by a plastic housing (radome), designed to minimize attenuation of the signal. This paper discusses the use of radome and field test results on the effect of using radome on the performance of GPS observations. This serves as the background for the implementation of radome on ground reference station antenna especially in countries such as Malaysia, which experienced high humidity and abundant rainfall. Several GPS measurements have been made by simulating the environment for example by spraying the water when the antenna is covered with or without hemisphere radome made of fibre glass. Finally, this paper will show the results of some case studies that have been performed.
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spelling utm-16632017-08-28T01:48:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/1663/ The impact of radome on the GPS observation Mat Amin, Zulkarnaini Wan Mohd. Akib, Wan Abd. Aziz Tan, Han Yeong Nordin, Zuhaidah TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The GPS antenna detects an electromagnetic signal arriving from a satellite, doing filtering, and finally going through further processing by the receiver electronics. For geodetic, high-precision applications such as for continuous monitoring, additional ground plane or choke rings have been used primarily to mitigate multipath effects. In addition, GPS antennas for such applications are often protected against possible damages by a plastic housing (radome), designed to minimize attenuation of the signal. This paper discusses the use of radome and field test results on the effect of using radome on the performance of GPS observations. This serves as the background for the implementation of radome on ground reference station antenna especially in countries such as Malaysia, which experienced high humidity and abundant rainfall. Several GPS measurements have been made by simulating the environment for example by spraying the water when the antenna is covered with or without hemisphere radome made of fibre glass. Finally, this paper will show the results of some case studies that have been performed. USM 2005-09-27 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1663/1/Paper031Zulkarnaini.pdf Mat Amin, Zulkarnaini and Wan Mohd. Akib, Wan Abd. Aziz and Tan, Han Yeong and Nordin, Zuhaidah (2005) The impact of radome on the GPS observation. In: International Symposium & Exhibition on Geoinformation 2005 Geospatial Solutions for Managing the Borderless World, 27-29 September 2005, Pulau Pinang. https://books.google.com.my/books/about/Proceedings_of_the_International_Symposi.html?id=od-WAQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Mat Amin, Zulkarnaini
Wan Mohd. Akib, Wan Abd. Aziz
Tan, Han Yeong
Nordin, Zuhaidah
The impact of radome on the GPS observation
title The impact of radome on the GPS observation
title_full The impact of radome on the GPS observation
title_fullStr The impact of radome on the GPS observation
title_full_unstemmed The impact of radome on the GPS observation
title_short The impact of radome on the GPS observation
title_sort impact of radome on the gps observation
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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