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  1. Effect of occupation time on the horizontal accuracy of a mapping-grade GNSS receiver under dense forest canopy

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    Author(s): Robert J. McGaughey; Kamal Ahmed; Hans-Erik Andersen; Stephen E. Reutebuch
    Date: 2017
    Source: Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 83(12): 861-868.
    Publication Series: Scientific Journal (JRNL)
    Station: Pacific Northwest Research Station
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.83.12.861
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    A mapping-grade dual frequency GNSS receiver was tested under dense forest canopy to determine the effect of occupation time on horizontal accuracy. The U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis unit in the Pacific Northwest has been using 32 of these units to collect over 7,000 plot locations since 2013. In this study, one-hour GNSS static occupations were collected at 33 ground-surveyed positions with Trimble GeoXH6000 mapping-grade and Javad Triumph1 survey-grade receivers. Rover files were differentially post-processed and horizontal accuracy of each post-processed position was computed. Results indicated that 1.85 m accuracy (n = 990) could be achieved with the GeoXH6000 receiver with 15-minute occupations; however, maximum horizontal error was 7.01 m. Increasing occupation time to 20 minutes did not result in a significant improvement in accuracy. No correlation was found between the horizontal precision of a post-processed position reported by the postprocessing software and the field-measured horizontal occuracy of the positions.

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    McGaughey, Robert J.; Ahmed, Kamal; Andersen, Hans-Erik; Reutebuch, Stephen E. 2017. Effect of occupation time on the horizontal accuracy of a mapping-grade GNSS receiver under dense forest canopy. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 83(12): 861-868.

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    GPS, GNSS, accuracy, forest canopy decline.

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