TOPEX/Poseidon orbit error assessment

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 546-553

  Smith, A J E ^a   Hesper, E T ^a   Kuijper, D C ^a   Mets, G J ^a   Visser, P N A M ^a   Ambrosius, B A C ^a   Wakker, K F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORIS; GPS; ORBIT ERROR; SLR; TOPEX/POSEIDON; TRACKING DATA;

EID: 0030481670     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00867862     Document Type: Article

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