Demonstration of an interferometric laser ranging system for a follow-on gravity mission to GRACE

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1107-1110

  Stephens, M ^a   Craig, R ^a   Leitch, J ^a   Pierce, R ^a   Nerem, R S ^b   Bender, P ^b   Loomis, B ^b  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

GRA CE follow on; Gravity recovery; Interferometry; Laser ranging

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; LASER APPLICATIONS;

GRA CE FOLLOW-ON; GRAVITY RECOVERY; LASER RANGING;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 34948885562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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