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In this paper, a robust space-time adaptive processing (STAP) method for GNSS receivers is proposed to suppress interferences in coherent signal environments, by using the modified space-time two-dimensional iterative adaptive approach (ST2D-IAA) spectrum estimation. This method applies the IAA algorithm to the ST2D signal model of GNSS receivers, and further modifies the ST2D-IAA algorithm to accurately estimate the power spectrum and noise power simultaneously. The space-time interference-plus-noise covariance matrix (STINCM) is reconstructed by using the estimated power spectrum and noise power in the interference angle region. Based on the reconstructed STINCM, we construct the STAP beamforming optimization problem for the space-time steering vector (STSV) error vector, and further correct the STSV of GNSS signal. Finally, the weight vector of STAP beamforming is calculated by using the reconstructed STINCM and the corrected STSV of GNSS signal. Simulation results show that the proposed method can suppress interferences in coherent signal environments and outperforms the current methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15174212","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,28]],"date-time":"2023-08-28T05:46:47Z","timestamp":1693201607000},"page":"4212","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Robust Space-Time Adaptive Processing Method for GNSS Receivers in Coherent Signal Environments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3831-1843","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhen","family":"Meng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}]},{"given":"Feng","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5804614","DOI":"10.1109\/TGRS.2022.3226631","article-title":"Monitoring the water vapor content at high spatio-temporal resolution using a network of low-cost multi-GNSS receivers","volume":"60","author":"Marut","year":"2022","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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