DORIS/SLR POD modeling improvements for Jason-1 and Jason-2

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1541-1558

  Zelensky, Nikita P ^a,b   Lemoine, Frank G ^a   Ziebart, Marek ^c   Sibthorpe, Ant ^d   Willis, Pascal ^e,f   Beckley, Brian D ^a,b   Klosko, Steven M ^a,b   Chinn, Douglas S ^a,b   Rowlands, David D ^a   Luthcke, Scott B ^a   Pavlis, Despina E ^a,b   Luceri, Vincenza ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

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

^g ASI/CGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

DORIS; Jason 1; Jason 2; Precision orbit determination; SLR

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; ORBITS; PRESSURE; TROPOSPHERE;

DORIS; JASON-1; JASON-2; LONG TERM STABILITY; PRECISION ORBIT DETERMINATIONS; SENSITIVITY TO ERRORS; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME; UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 78149282158     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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