Analysis of DORIS range-rate residuals for TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason, Envisat and SPOT

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 60, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 611-621

  Doornbos, Eelco ^a   Willis, Pascal ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna phase center variation; DORIS; Geodesy; Orbit determination; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SPACE DEBRIS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ANTENNA PHASE CENTER VARIATION; DOPPLER ORBITOGRAPHY; ISLAND; ORBIT DETERMINATION; RADAR ALTIMETER SATELLITES;

ORBITS;

EID: 33846940224     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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