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- Title
Assessment of Earth Gravity Field Models in the Medium to High Frequency Spectrum Based on GRACE and GOCE Dynamic Orbit Analysis.
- Authors
Papanikolaou, Thomas D.; Tsoulis, Dimitrios
- Abstract
An analysis of current static and time-variable gravity field models is presented focusing on the medium to high frequencies of the geopotential as expressed by the spherical harmonic coefficients. A validation scheme of the gravity field models is implemented based on dynamic orbit determination that is applied in a degree-wise cumulative sense of the individual spherical harmonics. The approach is applied to real data of the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation (GOCE) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite missions, as well as to GRACE inter-satellite K-band ranging (KBR) data. Since the proposed scheme aims at capturing gravitational discrepancies, we consider a few deterministic empirical parameters in order to avoid absorbing part of the gravity signal that may be included in the monitored orbit residuals. The present contribution aims at a band-limited analysis for identifying characteristic degree ranges and thresholds of the various GRACE- and GOCE-based gravity field models. The degree range 100–180 is investigated based on the degree-wise cumulative approach. The identified degree thresholds have values of 130 and 160 based on the GRACE KBR data and the GOCE orbit analysis, respectively.
- Subjects
EARTH gravitation; SPHERICAL harmonics; SPECTRUM analysis
- Publication
Geosciences (2076-3263), 2018, Vol 8, Issue 12, p441
- ISSN
2076-3263
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/geosciences8120441