Determination of thermospheric winds from grace accelerometer data

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 130 PART 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1181-1192

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER DATUM; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY VARIATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS; COMPLEX SHAPES; CONTROL THRUSTS; EARTH RADIATIONS; FLIGHT ALTITUDES; LIFTING FORCES; MODEL ERRORS; NEUTRAL WINDS; NON-GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; RADIATION PRESSURES; REFLECTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; THERMOSPHERIC WINDS; TRACK COMPONENTS; ZONAL WINDS;

ACCELEROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATION; PRESSURE; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPACE FLIGHT; SUN; WIND;

MECHANICS;

EID: 60349115199     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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