GOCE sensor combination and error analysis

authored by: H. Oberndorfer, R. Dorobantu, C. Gerlach, J. Müller, R. Rummel, N. Sneeuw, R. Koop, P. Visser, P. Hoyng, A. Selig, M. Smit
Abstract: GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer mission) is one of the candidates of ESA's planned explorer programme. The aim of GOCE is to provide a global model of the Earth's gravity field with high spatial resolution and high accuracy. A combination of different sensors is used to determine the gravity field. The simulation of the gradiometer measurements and the propagation of error sources onto the end-products is performed by the SID consortium which consists of three organisations: The Istitut für Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie (IAPG), the Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research (DEOS) and the Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON). The goal is to provide a reliable error budget for the GOCE system, identify its weaknesses and limitations and make a complete error analysis of the mission. By a spectral analysis of simulated time series of GPS and Gradiometer data, it is possible to estimate the accuracy and resolution (up to degree and order 250) of the gravity field to be determined by GOCE.
External Organisation(s): Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Delft University of Technology
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Type: Article
Journal: Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata
Volume: 40
Pages: 303-307
No. of pages: 5
ISSN: 0006-6729
Publication date: 01.12.1999
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Oceanography, Geophysics
Electronic version(s): http://www3.inogs.it/bgta/pdf/bgta40.3.4_OBERNDORFER.pdf (Access: Unknown)
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BibTeX

@article{de10d15778384e9cb85dba8b67c82c50,
title = "GOCE sensor combination and error analysis",
abstract = "GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer mission) is one of the candidates of ESA's planned explorer programme. The aim of GOCE is to provide a global model of the Earth's gravity field with high spatial resolution and high accuracy. A combination of different sensors is used to determine the gravity field. The simulation of the gradiometer measurements and the propagation of error sources onto the end-products is performed by the SID consortium which consists of three organisations: The Istitut f{\"u}r Astronomische und Physikalische Geod{\"a}sie (IAPG), the Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research (DEOS) and the Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON). The goal is to provide a reliable error budget for the GOCE system, identify its weaknesses and limitations and make a complete error analysis of the mission. By a spectral analysis of simulated time series of GPS and Gradiometer data, it is possible to estimate the accuracy and resolution (up to degree and order 250) of the gravity field to be determined by GOCE.",
author = "H. Oberndorfer and R. Dorobantu and C. Gerlach and J. M{\"u}ller and R. Rummel and N. Sneeuw and R. Koop and P. Visser and P. Hoyng and A. Selig and M. Smit",
year = "1999",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "303--307",
journal = "Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata",
issn = "0006-6729",
publisher = "Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale",
number = "3-4",
}