Improving DORIS geocenter time series using an empirical rescaling of solar radiation pressure models

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1279-1287

  Gobinddass, M L ^a,b   Willis, P ^a,b   de Viron, O ^b,c   Sibthorpe, A ^d   Zelensky, N P ^e   Ries, J C ^f   Ferland, R ^g   Bar Sever, Y ^d   Diament, M ^b   Lemoine, F G ^h  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SGT INC   (United States)

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

^g NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DORIS; Geocenter variations; Solar radiation pressure; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; ORBITS; PRESSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

DORIS; GEOCENTER; GEOPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION; REDUCTION OF SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE MODELS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 70350211452     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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