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Urs Hugentobler is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research primarily spans multiple disciplines including engineering, physics and astronomy, and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on aerospace engineering, astronomy and astrophysics, oceanography, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics, including:

  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Advanced frequency and time standards
  • Inertial sensor and navigation
  • Geophysics and sensor technology
  • Space satellite systems and control

Among the recent notable papers are:

  • "GPS and GLONASS observable-specific code bias estimation: comparison of solutions from the IGS and MGEX networks," 2020, Journal of Geodesy
  • "Reconstruction of the Instantaneous Earth Rotation Vector with Sub-Arcsecond Resolution Using a Large Scale Ring Laser Array," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "ROMY: a multicomponent ring laser for geodesy and geophysics," 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • "Error Corrections for Ultrawideband Ranging," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • "BeiDou Satellite Radiation Force Models for Precise Orbit Determination and Geodetic Applications," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Frequent publication venues for their research work include:

  • Journal of Geodesy (11 publications)
  • GPS Solutions (6 publications)
  • Advances in Space Research (6 publications)
  • Nature Photonics (2 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2 publications)

Urs Hugentobler collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Bingbing Duan (17 publications)
  • Anja Schlicht (7 publications)
  • Adrian Jäggi (6 publications)
  • Johannes Böhm (5 publications)
  • Harald Schuh (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Bernese GPS Software Version 5.0

    Gerhard Beutler;Heike Bock;Rolf Dach;Pierre Fridez

  • Bernese GPS Software, Version 4.2

    U. Hugentobler;S. Schaer;P. Fridez;G. Beutler

  • Extended orbit modeling techniques at the CODE processing center of the international GPS service for geodynamics (IGS): theory and initial results.

    G. Beutler;E. Brockmann;W. Gurtner;U. Hugentobler

  • IGS-MGEX: Preparing the Ground for Multi-Constellation GNSS Science

    Oliver Montenbruck;Peter Steigenberger;Robert Khachikyan;Georg Weber

  • Apparent clock variations of the Block IIF-1 (SVN62) GPS satellite

    Oliver Montenbruck;Urs Hugentobler;Rolf Dach;Peter Steigenberger

  • Orbit and clock analysis of Compass GEO and IGSO satellites

    Peter Steigenberger;Urs Hugentobler;André Hauschild;Oliver Montenbruck

  • Phase center modeling for LEO GPS receiver antennas and its impact on precise orbit determination

    Adrian Jäggi;Rolf Dach;Oliver Montenbruck;Urs Hugentobler

  • Precise orbit determination for GRACE using undifferenced or doubly differenced GPS data

    Adrian Jäggi;Urs Hugentobler;Heike Bock;Gerhard Beutler

  • Enhanced solar radiation pressure modeling for Galileo satellites

    Oliver Montenbruck;Peter Steigenberger;Urs Hugentobler

  • Adjustable box-wing model for solar radiation pressure impacting GPS satellites

    C.J. Rodriguez-Solano;U. Hugentobler;P. Steigenberger

  • Pseudo-Stochastic Orbit Modeling Techniques for Low-Earth Orbiters

    Adrian Jäggi;Urs Hugentobler;Gerhard Beutler

  • Impact of Earth radiation pressure on GPS position estimates

    C. J. Rodriguez-Solano;U. Hugentobler;P. Steigenberger;S. Lutz

  • GPS-derived orbits for the GOCE satellite

    Heike Bock;Adrian Jäggi;Ulrich Meyer;Pieter Visser

  • Precise orbit determination for the GOCE satellite using GPS

    Heike Bock;Adrian Jäggi;Drazen Svehla;Gerhard Beutler

  • Estimation of velocity uncertainties from GPS time series: Examples from the analysis of the South African TrigNet network

    Matthias Hackl;Rocco Malservisi;Rocco Malservisi;Urs Hugentobler;Richard Wonnacott

  • Bernese GPS Software

    Rolf Dach;Heike Bock;Pierre Fridez;Andreas Gäde

  • Reducing the draconitic errors in GNSS geodetic products

    C. J. Rodriguez-Solano;U. Hugentobler;P. Steigenberger;M. Bloßfeld

  • Contribution of SLR tracking data to GNSS orbit determination

    Claudia Urschl;Gerhard Beutler;Werner Gurtner;Urs Hugentobler

  • The IGS MGEX Experiment as a Milestone for a Comprehensive Multi-GNSS Service

    Chris Rizos;Oliver Montenbruck;Robert Weber;Georg Weber

  • IGS ultra rapid products for (near-) real-time applications

    T.A. Springer;U. Hugentobler

  • Continuous geodetic time-transfer analysis methods

    Rolf Dach;Thomas Schildknecht;Urs Hugentobler;Laurent-Guy Bernier

  • Precise orbit determination of GIOVE-B based on the CONGO network

    Peter Steigenberger;Urs Hugentobler;Oliver Montenbruck;Andre Hauschild

  • Tropospheric Gradient Estimation at CODE: Results from Global Solutions

    Michael Meindl;Stefan Schaer;Urs Hugentobler;Gerhard Beutler

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Steigenberger
Peter Steigenberger German Aerospace Center
Gerhard Beutler
Gerhard Beutler University of Bern
Rolf Dach
Rolf Dach University of Bern
Adrian Jäggi
Adrian Jäggi University of Bern
Oliver Montenbruck
Oliver Montenbruck German Aerospace Center
Roland Pail
Roland Pail Technical University of Munich
Norbert Jakowski
Norbert Jakowski German Aerospace Center
Pieter Visser
Pieter Visser Delft University of Technology

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