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In this study, we propose an azimuth-dependent elevation weight (ADEW) model using an azimuth-dependent elevation mask (ADEM) to reduce the effects of multipath errors and improve the accuracy of real-time deformation monitoring in such environments. We developed an adaptive fixed-elevation mask to serve as the outlier of low precision observations at lower elevations for the ADEM, and then, we applied the weighted phase observations into the mitigation process for the effects of multipath errors. The real numerical results indicate that the ADEM model performs better than the conventional model, and the average improvements were 18.91% and 34.93% in the horizontal and vertical direction, respectively. The ADEW model further improved upon the ADEM model results by an additional 21.9% and 29.8% in the horizontal and vertical direction, respectively. Therefore, we propose that the ADEW model can significantly mitigate the effects of multipath errors and improve the accuracy of micro-deformation monitoring via GNSS receivers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18082473","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,1]],"date-time":"2018-08-01T03:10:01Z","timestamp":1533093001000},"page":"2473","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["A New Azimuth-Dependent Elevation Weight (ADEW) Model for Real-Time Deformation Monitoring in Complex Environment by Multi-GNSS"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8707-9297","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Junqiang","family":"Han","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang\u2019an University, 126 Yanta Road, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guanwen","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang\u2019an University, 126 Yanta Road, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang\u2019an University, 126 Yanta Road, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rui","family":"Tu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shu Yuan Road, Xi\u2019an 710600, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang\u2019an University, 126 Yanta Road, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaolei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geology Engineering and Geomantic, Chang\u2019an University, 126 Yanta Road, Xi\u2019an 710054, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Gleason, S., and Gebre-Egziabher, D. 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