ANALYSIS OF THE OBSERVATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ERRORS OF THE NAVY SATELLITE DOPPLER GEODETIC SYSTEM

Abstract

An analysis is made of the observational contributions to the total system error of the Navy's Satellite Doppler Geodetic System. Aside from the error imposed by the limited number of satellites available for analysis, which limits the complexity of the gravity field that can be used, it is concluded that the system error is about 10 meters for the observations from a single satellite pass, and is 5 meters or less for multiple passes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0464349

Entities

People

  • G. C. Weiffenbach
  • R. R. Newton
  • W. H. Guier

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Circular Orbits
  • Coefficients
  • Doppler Effect
  • Electron Density
  • Frequency Standards
  • Ground Stations
  • High Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Oscillators
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Refractive Index
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Tracking Stations
  • World Geodetic System

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geodesy
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris