17 Dec 2020
| 17 Dec 2020
Benchmark data for verifying background model implementations in orbit and gravity field determination software
Martin Lasser
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Astronomical Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ulrich Meyer
Astronomical Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Adrian Jäggi
Astronomical Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Torsten Mayer-Gürr
Institute of Geodesy, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Andreas Kvas
Institute of Geodesy, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Karl Hans Neumayer
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Christoph Dahle
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Frank Flechtner
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Jean-Michel Lemoine
Groupe de Recherche de Géodésie Spatiale, Centre National
d’Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France
Igor Koch
Institut für Erdmessung, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Matthias Weigelt
Institut für Erdmessung, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Jakob Flury
Institut für Erdmessung, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Short summary
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...
