Global Gravity Field Modeling from Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Data

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Naeimi, Majid (Editor), Flury, Jakob (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Geographical information systems.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.

This book addresses different approaches for recovering the Earth’s gravity field using satellite-to-satellite tracking data. It gathers lectures given at the ‘Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Autumn School’ in Bad Honnef, Germany, October 4-9, 2015. The emphasis of the school was on providing a sound theor...

Table of Contents:

• Parameter Estimation for Satellite Gravity Field Modeling
• Precise Orbit Determination
• The Classical Variational Approach
• The Acceleration Approach
• The Energy Balance Approach.