Geocenter coordinates estimated from GNSS data as viewed by perturbation theory

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1047-1064

  Meindl, Michael ^a,b   Beutler, Gerhard ^a   Thaller, Daniela ^a   Dach, Rolf ^a   Jäggi, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Geocenter; GNSS; Perturbation theory; SLR; Solar radiation pressure

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LASER THEORY; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CELESTIAL MECHANICS; GEOCENTER; GNSS; PERTURBATION THEORY; SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84875225927     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.10.026     Document Type: Review

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