Neutral density measurements from the gravity recovery and climate experiment accelerometers

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1220-1225

  Tapley, Byron D ^a,b,c   Ries, John C ^a,b   Bettadpur, Srinivas ^a,b,c   Cheng, Minkang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Center for Space Research   (United States)

^c AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; SATELLITES;

GRAVITY RECOVERY; NEUTRAL DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; NEUTRAL DENSITY MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

EID: 38349161443     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28843     Document Type: Article

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