Improved ERS and Envisat precise orbit determination

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 572, 2005, Pages 401-408

  Doornbos, Eelco ^a   Scharroo, Remko ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DORIS; Envisat; ERS 2; Gravity field model; Non gravitational forces; Orbit; Radar Altimeter; SLR

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; RADAR; TRACKING (POSITION);

DORIS; ENVISAT; ERS-2; GRAVITY FIELD MODEL; NON-GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; SLR;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 23844480383     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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