Improved mapping functions for atmospheric refraction correction in SLR

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dc.contributor.authorMendes, V. B.
dc.contributor.authorPrates, G.
dc.contributor.authorPavlis, Erricos C.
dc.contributor.authorPavlis, D.E.
dc.contributor.authorLangley, R. B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-14T16:51:57Z
dc.date.available2020-10-14T16:51:57Z
dc.date.issued2002-05-24
dc.description.abstractWe present two new mapping functions (MFs) to model the elevation angle dependence of the atmospheric delay for satellite laser ranging (SLR) data analysis. The new MFs were derived from ray tracing through a set of data from 180 radiosonde stations globally distributed, for the year 1999, and are valid for elevation angles above 3°. When compared against ray tracing of two independent years of radiosonde data (1997–1998) for the same set of stations, our MFs reveal submillimetre accuracy for elevation angles above 10°, representing a significant improvement over other MFs, and is confirmed in improved solutions of LAGEOS and LAGEOS 2 data analysis.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipE. C. Pavlis gratefully acknowledges partial support of this project from NASA's Cooperative Agreement NCC5‐339. Radiosonde data were kindly provided by the British Atmospheric Data Center (BADC). The ray‐trace software was developed by James Davis, Thomas Herring, and Arthur Niell. Figure 1 was produced using the Generic Mapping Tools software [Wessel and Smith, 1995]. We thank Arthur Niell and an anonymous reviewer for comments on the manuscript.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2001GL014394en_US
dc.format.extent4 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2ai7g-k7tk
dc.identifier.citationV. B. Mendes, G. Prates, E. C. Pavlis, D. E. Pavlis and R. B. Langley, Improved mapping functions for atmospheric refraction correction in SLR, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume29, Issue10 15 May 2002 Pages 53-1-53-4, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL014394en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL014394
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19848
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dc.publisherAGU Pubicationen_US
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dc.titleImproved mapping functions for atmospheric refraction correction in SLRen_US
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