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The ERS-2 altimetric bias and gravity field enhancement using dual crossovers between ERS and TOPEX/Poseidon

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Philip Moore

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Abstract

Dual satellite crossovers (DXO) between the two European Remote Sensing satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2 and TOPEX/Poseidon are used to (1) refine the Earth's gravity field and (2) extend the study of the ERS-2 altimetric range stability to cover the first four years of its operation. The enhanced gravity field model, AGM-98, is validated by several methodologies and will be shown to provide, in particular, low geographically correlated orbital error for ERS-2. For the ERS-2 altimetric range study, TOPEX/Poseidon is first calibrated through comparison against in situ tide gauge data. A time series of the ERS-2 altimeter bias has been recovered along with other geophysical correction terms using tables for bias jumps in the range measurements at the single point target response (SPTR) events. On utilising the original version of the SPTR tables the overall bias drift is seen to be 2.6 ± 1.0 mm/yr with an RMS of fit of 12.2 mm but with discontinuities at the centimetre level at the SPTR events. On utilising the recently released revised tables, SPTR2000, the drift is better defined at 2.4 ± 0.6 mm/yr with the RMS of fit reduced to 3.7 mm. Investigations identify the sea-state bias as a source of error with corrections affecting the overall drift by close to 1.2 mm/yr.

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Author(s): Moore P

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Geodesy

Year: 2001

Volume: 75

Issue: 5-6

Pages: 241-254

ISSN (print): 0949-7714

ISSN (electronic): 1432-1394

Publisher: Springer

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001900100175

DOI: 10.1007/s001900100175

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