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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages.
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- programming languages
- techniques used by physical scientists
- fortran
- c
- c++
- matlab
- mathematica
- program design
- algorithm development and verification
- comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages
- examination of data with visualization techniques
- numerical analysis
- methods of dissemination and verification
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This course introduces the concepts and applications of navigation techniques using celestial bodies and satellite positioning systems such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). Topics include astronomical observations, radio navigation systems, the relationship between conventional navigation results and those obtained from GPS, and the
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- global positioning system
- gpscivilian restricted accuracy requirement
- basic principles
- science
- mathematics
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The aim of this course is to introduce the principles of the Global Positioning System and to demonstrate its application to various aspects of Earth Sciences. The specific content of the course depends each year on the interests of the students in the class. In some cases, the class interests are towards the geophysical applications of GPS
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- global positioning system (gps)
- kinematic positioning
- geodetic systems
- satellite orbital motions
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This is a freshman advising seminar. The professor of a FAS is the first year advisor to the (no more than 8) students in the seminar.
The use of Global Positioning System (GPS) in a wide variety of applications has exploded in the last few years. In this seminar we explore how positions on the Earth were determined before GPS; how GPS itse
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- gps
- global positioning system
- navigation
- meteorology
- geophysics
- military
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