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Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
1 Introduction 1
2 Mathematical Theory and Notation 5
2.1 Variables and Derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2 Least Squares Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3 Decorrelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Parameter Elimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.5 Variance Propagation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.6 Variance Component Estimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.7 Interpolation, Numerical Integration, and Numerical Differentiation . 11
3 Gravity and Other Signals 15
3.1 Earth’s Mean and Time-Variable Gravitational Potential . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Tides and Tidal Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.3 Non-Conservative Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.4 Representation of the Gravitational Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.4.1 Level Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.4.2 Degree Amplitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.4.3 Coefficient Triangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.4.4 Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4 The GRACE Satellites 23
4.1 Construction and Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.2 Reference Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.3 Observation Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4.4 Data Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5 Variational Equations 29
5.1 Equation of Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.1.1 Integrating the Equation of Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.2 Orbit Integration and State Transition Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.2.1 Coarse Approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.2.2 Refinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.2.3 State Transition Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.2.4 Final Estimate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.3 Parameter Sensitivity Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Contributions to GRACE Gravity Field Recovery
Improvements in Dynamic Orbit Integration, Stochastic Modelling of the Antenna Offset Correction, and Co-Estimation of Satellite Orientations
- Title
- Contributions to GRACE Gravity Field Recovery
- Subtitle
- Improvements in Dynamic Orbit Integration, Stochastic Modelling of the Antenna Offset Correction, and Co-Estimation of Satellite Orientations
- Author
- Matthias Ellmerr
- Publisher
- Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2018
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-85125-646-8
- Size
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Pages
- 185
- Keywords
- Geodäsie, Gravitation, Geodesy, Physics, Physik
- Categories
- Naturwissenschaften Physik
- Technik