Precise orbit determination for the GRACE mission using only GPS data

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 322-331

  Kang, Zhigui ^a   Tapley, Byron ^a   Bettadpur, Srinivas ^a   Ries, John ^a   Nagel, Peter ^a   Pastor, Rick ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; GRACE; Precise orbit determination (POD); SLR

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GPS; GRAVITY FIELD; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 33748290261     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0073-5     Document Type: Article

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