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Seasonal air and water mass redistribution effects on LAGEOS and StarletteZonal geopotential coefficients have been computed from average seasonal variations in global air and water mass distribution. These coefficients are used to predict the seasonal variations of LAGEOS' and Starlette's orbital node, the node residual, and the seasonal variation in the 3rd degree zonal coefficient for Starlette. A comparison of these predictions with the observed values indicates that air pressure and, to a lesser extent, water storage may be responsible for a large portion of the currently unmodeled variation in the earth's gravity field.
Document ID
19880025659
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Gutierrez, Roberto
(Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Wilson, Clark R.
(Texas, University Austin, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 14
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
88A12886
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-756
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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