Benchmark data for verifying background model implementations in orbit and gravity field determination software
Martin Lasser,Ulrich Meyer,Adrian Jäggi,Torsten Mayer-Gürr,Andreas Kvas,Karl Hans Neumayer,Christoph Dahle,Frank Flechtner,Jean-Michel Lemoine,Igor Koch,Matthias Weigelt,and Jakob Flury
Correctly determining the orbit of Earth-orbiting satellites requires to account multiple background effects which appear in the system Earth. Usually, these effects are introduced by various complex force models, which are not always easy to handle. We publish and validate a data set of commonly used models to make it easier to track down potential issues when applying such background forces in orbit and gravity field determination.
Correctly determining the orbit of Earth-orbiting satellites requires to account multiple...