CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE instruments and beyond

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Volumn 136, Issue , 2012, Pages 215-221

  Touboul, P ^a   Foulon, B ^a   Christophe, B ^a   Marque, J P ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; ELECTROSTATIC PRESSURE; ELECTROSTATIC SENSOR; IN-ORBIT CALIBRATIONS; NON-GRAVITATIONAL FORCE; RESOLUTION PROOFS; SATELLITE ATTITUDE; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS;

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROSTATICS; GEODESY; INSTRUMENTS; ORBITS; SENSORS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DRAG; LASER METHOD; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; TRACKING; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 84884339832     PISSN: 09399585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20338-1_26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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