Observability and estimation of geocentre motion using multi-satellite laser ranging

Artificial satellites orbit about the Earth’s system centre of mass, a point known as the geocentre that conventionally defines the long-term origin of the terrestrial reference frame (TRF). In a frame attached to the Earth’s crust, the geocentre exhibits motions on subdaily to secular time scales d...

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Main Author: Spatar, Ciprian Bogdan
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.706348