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Teunissen, P.J.G. (1996). GPS carrier phase ambiguity fixing concepts. In: Kleusberg, A., Teunissen, P.J.G. (eds) GPS for Geodesy. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0117685

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