Abstract's details
The new time-variable gravity field model for POD of altimetric satellites based on GRACE+SLR RL04 from CNES/GRGS
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Event: 2018 Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting
Session: Precision Orbit Determination
Presentation type: Type Oral
Contribution: PDF file
Abstract:
With the very long altimeter record that is presently available, the emphasis is now placed on the stability of the reference frame and on the control over a long time span of the geographically correlated errors.
This is why the accurate modeling of time-variable gravity and the geocenter is now a requirement of altimetry POD.
We present here the new time-variable gravity field model that has been computed from the fourth release of the CNES/GRGS GRACE+SLR time series of gravity solutions. It is based on GRACE and SLR data from August 2002 to August 2016. The inclusion of SLR data brings the ability to have a precise determination of the degree 2 as well as of the degree 1 (geocenter) of the gravity field. Outside of the GRACE era, the model provides the average annual and semi-annual variations of the gravity coefficients up to degree and order 90. For the sake of the long term stability of the orbits, the SLR-only time series from 1992 to 2002 is also provided for degrees 1 and 2.
This is why the accurate modeling of time-variable gravity and the geocenter is now a requirement of altimetry POD.
We present here the new time-variable gravity field model that has been computed from the fourth release of the CNES/GRGS GRACE+SLR time series of gravity solutions. It is based on GRACE and SLR data from August 2002 to August 2016. The inclusion of SLR data brings the ability to have a precise determination of the degree 2 as well as of the degree 1 (geocenter) of the gravity field. Outside of the GRACE era, the model provides the average annual and semi-annual variations of the gravity coefficients up to degree and order 90. For the sake of the long term stability of the orbits, the SLR-only time series from 1992 to 2002 is also provided for degrees 1 and 2.