A CHAMP-only gravity field model from kinematic orbits using the energy integral

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Gerlach, Ch ^a   Foldvary L ^a   Svehla D ^a   Gruber, Th ^a   Wermuth, M ^a   Sneeuw, N ^b   Frommknecht, B ^a   Oberndorfer, H ^a   Peters, Th ^a   Rothacher, M ^a   Rummel, R ^a   Steigenberger, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; KINEMATICS; ORBITS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES;

GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL; GRAVITY FIELD RECOVERY; KINEMATIC ORBITS; GRAVITY FIELD MODEL; ORBIT DETERMINATION; PRIOR INFORMATION; REDUCED DYNAMICS; SATELLITE VELOCITY; STATE OF THE ART;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ORBITS;

GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE;

EID: 10744224735     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018025     Document Type: Article

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