Two Fortran IV Computer Programs for the General Combination of Satellite and Gravity Data for Position and Gravity Field Determinations,

Abstract

Previous work on the general combination procedure has been extended to include datum rotation and datum scale parameters. The new equations have been incorporated into two computer programs that are described in the report. The first program incorporates satellite derived station coordinates and data from gravimetrically oriented stations to find a consistent set of datum parameters, geocentric coordinates of various stations, and an equatorial radius. In the second program, potential coefficients are added as unknowns and deflections of the vertical and height anomaly information is directly input to the program. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0746305

Entities

People

  • Pentti Karki
  • Richard Rapp
  • S. Gopalapillai

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Deflection
  • Equations
  • Rotation

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Geodesy
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris