Towards development of a consistent orbit series for TOPEX, Jason-1, and Jason-2

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1513-1540

  Lemoine, F G ^a   Zelensky, N P ^a,b   Chinn, D S ^a,b   Pavlis, D E ^a,b   Rowlands, D D ^a   Beckley, B D ^a,b   Luthcke, S B ^a   Willis, P ^c,d   Ziebart, M ^e   Sibthorpe, A ^f   Boy, J P ^a,g   Luceri, V ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

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

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UMR 7063   (France)

^h ASI/CGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

DORIS; Jason; Mean sea level; Precision orbit determination; SLR; TOPEX

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SEA LEVEL; TIDES; TIME SERIES;

DORIS; JASON; MEAN SEA LEVEL; PRECISION ORBIT DETERMINATIONS; TOPEX;

ORBITS;

EID: 78149283551     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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