Improvement in the radial accuracy of altimeter-satellite orbits due to the geopotential

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 106-120

  Klokocnik J ^a   Kostelecky J ^b,c   Wagner, C A ^d  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CEDR   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

gravity field of the Earth; orbits of Earth artificial satellites; radial orbit error; Rosborough theory; satellite crossovers

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRAVITY FIELD; MODELING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 57249109895     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.10.002     Document Type: Review

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