caa a22 4500 475737571 CHVBK 20180406123451.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s001900000119 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s001900000119 GPS-based precise orbit determination of the very low Earth-orbiting gravity mission GOCE [Elektronische Daten] [P. N. A. M. Visser, J. van den IJssel] Abstract.:  A prerequisite for the success of future gravity missions like the European Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) is a precise orbit determination (POD). A detailed simulation study has been carried out to assess the achievable orbit accuracy based on satellite-to-satellite tracking (SST) by the US global positioning system (GPS) and in conjunction the implications for gravity field determination. An orbit accuracy at the few centimeter level seems possible, sufficient to support the GOCE gravity mission and in particular its gravity gradiometer. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words: GOCE - GPS - Gravity field determination - Precise orbit determination nationallicence Visser P. N. A. M. Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, NL-2629 HS, Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: pieter.visser@lr.tudelft.nl; Tel.: +31 15 2782595; Fax: +31 15 2785322, NL aut van den IJssel J. Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, NL-2629 HS, Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: pieter.visser@lr.tudelft.nl; Tel.: +31 15 2782595; Fax: +31 15 2785322, NL aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s001900000119 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s001900000119 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Visser P. N. A. M. Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, NL-2629 HS, Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: pieter.visser@lr.tudelft.nl; Tel.: +31 15 2782595; Fax: +31 15 2785322, NL aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van den IJssel J. Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, NL-2629 HS, Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: pieter.visser@lr.tudelft.nl; Tel.: +31 15 2782595; Fax: +31 15 2785322, NL aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer