GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences

1st Edition - February 18, 2021
Imprint: Elsevier
Editors: George P. Petropoulos, Prashant K. Srivastava
Language: English
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GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences offers an interdisciplinary approach to applying advances in GPS/GNSS technology for geoscience research and practice. As GPS/GNSS signals can be used to provide useful information about the Earth’s surface characteristics and land surface composition, GPS equipment and services for commercial purposes continues to grow, thus resulting in new expectations and demands. This book provides case studies for a deeper understanding of the operation and principles of widely applied approaches and the benefits of the technology in everyday research and activities.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Foreword
I. General introduction to GPS/GNSS technology
Chapter 1. Introduction to GPS/GNSS technology
1. Background
2. Major segments of GPS
3. Functioning of GPS
4. GPS errors
5. GPS technologies
6. Global Navigation Satellite System
7. Applications of GPS/GNSS
8. Conclusions
Chapter 2. Fundamentals of structural and functional organization of GNSS
1. GNSS structural organization
2. GNSS functional organization
Chapter 3. Security of GNSS
1. Introduction
2. GNSS interference
3. GNSS jamming
4. GNSS self-jamming
5. GNSS meaconing
6. GNSS spoofing
7. The cloud-based GNSS spoofing detection
8. Some notation and definitions for detection of spoofing
9. GNSS spoofer DIY (Do It Yourself)
10. GNSS self-spoofing
11. Briefly about antispoofing
12. Summary and conclusions
13. Postscript
II. GPS/GNSS concept and algorithms
Chapter 4. GNSS multipath errors and mitigation techniques
1. Introduction
2. Multipath errors and their characteristics
3. Multipath mitigation techniques
4. Summary
Chapter 5. Antenna technology for GNSS
1. Introduction
2. Key antenna parameters for GNSS receivers
3. Antennas for GNSS
4. Final remarks
Chapter 6. Probing the tropospheric water vapor using GPS
1. Introduction
2. GPS error sources
3. Water vapor retrieval using GPS
4. Conclusions
Chapter 7. Probing the upper atmosphere using GPS
1. Introduction
2. Conclusions
3. Recommendations
Chapter 8. Video-based navigation using convolutional neural networks
1. Introduction
2. Proposed Super Navigation method
3. Implementation on low-power CNN accelerators
4. Experimental results
5. Conclusion and future work
III. Applications of GPS/GNSS
Chapter 9. GNSS monitoring natural and anthropogenic phenomena
1. Introduction
2. Earthquakes
3. Landslides monitoring
4. Crustal deformations
5. Challenges
6. Summary
Chapter 10. Environmental sensing: a review of approaches using GPS/GNSS
1. Introduction
2. Data collection
3. Data organization/analysis
4. Data visualization
5. Applications
6. Discussion and concluding remarks
Chapter 11. GNSS-derived data for the study of the ionosphere
1. The ionosphere
2. Ionosphere monitoring
3. Ionosphere modeling
4. TEC from GNSS
5. GNSS TEC for ionosphere studies
6. Final remarks
Chapter 12. Automatic pattern recognition and GPS/GNSS technology in marine digital terrain model
1. Introduction
2. Datasets description
3. Methodology implementation
4. The application of pattern recognition in marine pollution and structural studies
5. Conclusions
Chapter 13. Monitoring ionospheric scintillations with GNSS in South America: scope, results, and challenges
1. Introduction
2. Aspects of the climatology of ionospheric scintillations and their effects on GNSS-based applications in South America
3. Statistical modeling of amplitude scintillation
4. Low-cost instrumentation for ionospheric plasma bubbles monitoring
5. Discussion
6. Final remarks & future outlook
Chapter 14. The versatility of GNSS observations in hydrological studies
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions & future outlook
Chapter 15. High-precision GNSS for agricultural operations
1. Introduction
2. GPS signal and structure
3. GPS positioning principle
4. Carrier-phase measurement
5. Real-time differential GPS correction
6. Applications of high-precision GNSS in agriculture
7. Conclusions and outlook
Chapter 16. An evaluation of GPS opportunity in market for precision agriculture
1. Introduction
2. GPS applications in precision agriculture
3. Challenges and future work
4. Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 17. Use of GPS, remote sensing imagery, and GIS in soil organic carbon mapping
1. Introduction
2. Materials and methods
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion and conclusions
Chapter 18. GNSS and UAV in archeology: high-resolution mapping in Cephalonia Island, Greece
1. Introduction
2. Experimental setup
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
IV. Challenges and future perspectives
Chapter 19. Accuracy and precision of GNSS in the field
1. Accuracy and precision of GNSS in the field
2. Conducting a survey: some examples
3. Conclusions
Chapter 20. Application of GPS and GNSS technology in geosciences
1. Introduction
2. Global navigation satellite system
3. Global Positioning System
4. Discussion
5. Conclusion
Chapter 21. Future pathway for research and emerging applications in GPS/GNSS
1. Introduction
2. Trends in GPS/GNSS technology, research, and applications
3. Vulnerabilities in existing technologies
4. Way forward
5. Concluding remarks
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