System-dependent center-of-mass correction for spherical geodetic satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Otsubo, Toshimichi ^a   Appleby, Graham M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth's scale; Satellite laser ranging; Satellite signature effect

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION; GEODESY; LASER; OPTICAL METHOD; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0041309723     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Altamimi, Z., The accuracy of ITRF2000, paper presented at XXVI General Assembly, Eur. Geophys. Soc., Nice, France, 2001.
2. Appleby, G. M., Satellite signatures in SLR observations, paper presented at the 8th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Annapolis, Md., 1992.
3. Appleby, G. M., P. Gibbs, R. A. Sherwood, and R. Wood, Achieving and maintaining sub-centimetre accuracy for the Herstmonceux single-photon SLR facility, in Proceedings of Laser Radar Ranging and Atmospheric Lidar Techniques II, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 3865, 52-63, 1999.
4. Arnold, D. A., Method of calculating retroreflector-array transfer functions, Spec. Rep. 382, Smithson. Astrophys. Obs., Cambridge, Mass., 1979.
5. Degnan, J. J., Millimeter accuracy satellite laser ranging: A review, in Contributions of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics: Technology, Geodyn. Ser., vol. 25, edited by D. E. Smith and D. L. Turcotte, pp. 133-162, AGU, Washington, D. C., 1993.
6. Degnan, J. J., Engineering progress on the fully automated photon-counting SLR2000 satellite laser ranging station, Proceedings of Laser Radar Ranging and Atmospheric Lidar Techniques II, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 3865, 76-82, 1999.
7. Dunn, P., M. Torrence, R. Kolenkiewicz, and D. Smith, Earth scale defined by modern satellite ranging observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1489-1492, 1999.
8. Fitzmaurice, M. W., P. O. Minott, J. B. Abshire, and H. E. Rowe, Prelaunch testing of the laser geodynamic satellite (LAGEOS), NASA Tech. Pap., TP-1062, 1974.
9. Kirchner, G., F. Koidl, I. Prochazka, and K. Hamal, SPAD time walk compensation and return energy dependent ranging, paper presented at the 11th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Deggendorf, Germany, 1998.
10. Minott, P. O., T. W. Zagwodzki, T. Varghese, and M. Selden, Prelaunch optical characterization of the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS 2), NASA Tech. Paper, TP-3400, 1993.
11. Mironov, N. T., A. I. Emetz, A. N. Zaharov, and V. E. Tchebotarev, ETALON-1, -2 center of mass correction and array reflectivity, paper presented at the 8th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Annapolis, Md., 1992.
12. Neubert, R., An analytical model of satellite signature effects, paper presented at the 9th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Canberra, Australia, 1994.
13. Otsubo, T., J. Amagai, and H. Kunimori, The center-of-mass correction of the geodetic satellite AJISAI for single-photon laser ranging, IEEE Trans Geosci. Remote Sens., 37, 2011-2018, 1999.
14. Otsubo, T., G. M. Appleby, and P. Gibbs, GLONASS laser ranging accuracy with satellite signature effect, Surv. Geophys., 22, 509-516, 2001.
15. Sasaki, M., and H. Hashimoto, Launch and observation program of the experimental geodetic satellite of Japan, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 25, 526-533, 1987.
16. Schwartz, J. A., Pulse spreading and range correction analysis for satellite laser ranging, Appl. Opt., 29, 3597-3602, 1990.