Atmospheric refraction effects on baseline error in satellite laser ranging systems
Abstract
Because of the mathematical complexities involved in exact analyses of baseline errors, it is not easy to isolate atmospheric refraction effects; however, by making certain simplifying assumptions about the ranging system geometry, relatively simple expressions can be derived which relate the baseline errors directly to the refraction errors. The results indicate that even in the absence of other errors, the baseline error for intercontinental baselines can be more than an order of magnitude larger than the refraction error.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8232713I
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Refraction;
- Error Analysis;
- Laser Range Finders;
- Rangefinding;
- Satellite Orbits;
- Coordinates;
- Covariance;
- Geometrical Optics;
- Position Errors;
- Ray Tracing;
- Retroreflection;
- Lasers and Masers