Observation of the Earth System from Space

by Flury, Jakob; Rummel, Reiner; Reigber, Christoph; Rothacher, Markus; Boedeker, Gerd

• ISBN13: 9783540295204
• ISBN10: 3540295208
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Within the national German geoscientific research and development programme "GEOTECHNOLOGIEN", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG), the research theme "Observation of the System Earth from Space" was selected as one of 13 key areas in this programme. During the first research phase for this theme from 2002 to 2004 six projects were accomplished covering Earth gravity field and Earth rotation research. These six projects are related to the data exploitation and preparation of analysis techniques for the gravity field satellite missions CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE, to the integration of geodetic observation techniques for a user centre within the International Earth Rotation Service and to improvements in observation and analysis techniques for airborne gravimetry and ring lasers. This book provides a detailed summary of the obtained results, which are relevant for a broad scientific community working in gravity field and Earth rotation research.

Table of Contents

Part I CHAMP
CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload
CHAMP Mission 5 Years in Orbit
Christoph Reigber, Hermann Lühr, Ludwig Grunwaldt, Christoph Förste, Rolf König, Heiner Massmann and Carsten Falck	3	(14)
Remarks on CHAMP Orbit Products
Rolf König, Grzegorz Michalak, Karl Hans Neumayer, Shengyuan Zhu	17	(10)
Harmonic Analysis of the Earth's Gravitational Field from Kinematic CHAMP Orbits based on Numerically Derived Satellite Accelerations
Tilo Reubelt, Martin Götzelmann, Erik W. Grafarend	27	(16)
Earthquake Signatures in the Ionosphere Deduced from Ground and Space Based GPS Measurements
Norbert Jakowski, Volker Wilken, Konstantin Tsybulya, Stefan Heise	43	(12)
Global Atmospheric Sounding with GPS Radio Occultation aboard CHAMP
Jens Wickert, Torsten Schmidt, Georg Beyerle, Stefan Heise, Christoph Reigber	55	(16)
Part II GRACE
The Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
Design and Operation of the GRACE ISDC
Bernd Ritschel, Andrea Bendig, Hartmut Palm, Ronny Kopischke, Sebastian Freiberg, Frank Flechtner, Ulrich Meyer	71	(12)
De-aliasing of Short-term Atmospheric and Oceanic Mass Variations for GRACE
Frank Flechtner, Roland Schmidt, Ulrich Meyer	83	(16)
Integrated Sensor Analysis GRACE
Björn Frommknecht, Ulrich Fackler, Jakob Flury	99	(16)
Static and Time-Variable Gravity from GRACE Mission Data
Roland Schmidt, Frank Flechtner, Ulrich Meyer, Christoph Reigber, Franz Barthelmes, Christoph Förste, Richard Stubenvoll, Rolf König, Karl-Hans Neumayer, Shengyuan Zhu	115	(16)
Gravity Field Recovery from GRACE-SST Data of Short Arcs
Torsten Mayer-Gürr, Annette Eicker, Karl Heinz Ilk	131	(18)
Mapping Earth's Gravitation Using GRACE Data
Pavel Novák, Gerrit Austen, Mohammad A. Sharifi, Erik W. Grafarend	149	(16)
High Frequency Temporal Earth Gravity Variations Detected by GRACE Satellites
Xiaogong Hu, Chuang Shi, Frank Flechtner, Rolf König, Peter Schwintzer, Roland Schmidt, Ulrich Meyer, Franz H. Massmann, Christoph Reigber, Sheng Y. Zhu	165	(12)
Part III GOCE
The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer
From Kinematic Orbit Determination to Derivation of Satellite Velocity and Gravity Field
Dražen Švehla, Lóránt Földváry	177	(16)
Mission Simulation and Semi-analytical Gravity Field Analysis for GOCE SGG and SST
Martin Wermuth, Reiner Rummel, Lóránt Földväry	193	(16)
GOCE Gravity Field Modeling: Computational Aspects Free Kite Numbering Scheme
Christian Boxhammer, Wolf-Dieter Schuh	209	(16)
An Integrated Global/Regional Gravity Field Determination Approach based on GOCE Observations
Annette Eicker, Torsten Mayer-Gürr, Karl Heinz Ilk	225	(14)
High-Performance GOCE Gravity Field Recovery from Gravity Gradient Tensor Invariants and Kinematic Orbit Information
Oliver Baur, Erik W. Grafarend	239	(16)
The Impact of Temporal Gravity Variations on GOCE Gravity Field Recovery
Oleg Abrikosov, Focke Jarecki, Jürgen Svetozar Petrovic, Peter Schwintzer	255	(16)
Quality Assessment of GOCE Gradients
Focke Jarecki, Karen Insa Wolf, Heiner Denker, Jürgen Müller	271	(15)
Color Figures	286	(35)
Part IV IERS
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
IERS Data and Information System
Wolfgang Schwegmann, Bernd Richter	321	(12)
IERS Analysis Coordination
Markus Rothacher, Robert Dill, Daniela Thaller	333	(10)
Analysis and Refined Computations of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame
Hermann Drewes, Detlef Angermann, Michael Gerstl, Manuela Krügel, Barbara Meisel, Wolfgang Seemüller	343	(14)
Combination of VLBI Analysis Results
Axel Nothnagel, Dorothee Fischer, Christoph Steinforth, Markus Vennebusch	357	(16)
Towards a Rigorous Combination of Space Geodetic Observations for IERS Product Generation
Detlef Angermann, Rainer Kelm, Manuela Krügel, Barbara Meisel, Horst Müller, Volker Tesmer, Daniela Thaller, Robert Dill	373	(16)
CONT02 Analysis and Combination of Long EOP Series
Daniella Thaller, Robert Dill, Manuela Krügel, Peter Steigenberger, Markus Rothacher, Volker Tesmer	389	(24)
Conventional and New Approaches for Combining Multi-Satellite Techniques
Rolf König, Chuang Shi, Karl Hans Neumayer, Shengyuan Zhu	413	(14)
Part V GEOsensor
Ring Laser for Seismology
The GEOsensor Project: Rotations – a New Observable for Seismology
Ulrich Schreiber, Heiner Igel, Alain Cochard, Alexander Velikoseltsev, Asher Flaws, Bernhard Schuberth, Wolfgang Drewitz, Frieder Müller	427
Part VI Airborne Gravimetry
Evaluation of Airborne Vector Gravimetry Using GNSS and SDINS Observations
Christian Kreye, Günter W. Hein, Bernd Zimmermann	447	(16)
SAGS4 – StrapDown Airborne Gravimetry System Analysis
Gerd Boedecker, Andrea Stürze	463	(16)
Further Development of a High Precision Two-Frame Inertial Navigation System for Application in Airborne Gravimetry
Tim H. Stelkens-Kobsch	479