The Contribution of GPS Flight Receivers to Global Gravity Field Recovery

Peter Schwintzer, Christoph Reigber

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germany.

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Abstract

Christoph Reigber, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h, Director of Division 1 'Kinematics and Dynamics of the Earth' of GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, is in particular engaged in all aspects of satellite geodesy and its relation to geotectonics, Earth rotation, Earth gravity field, oceanography and atmosphere/ionosphere. He is Director of the CHAMP mission, Co-Principal Investigator of the GRACE mission and Chair of the Coverning Board of the international GPS Service. Peter Schwintzer, Dr.-Ing., Head of Section 1.3, 'Gravity Field and Figure of the Earth' within Division 1 of GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, is engaged in global gravity field modelling from space and its geophysical application. He is the Science Data System manager of the CHAMP mission.

Keywords

GPS Flight Receivers

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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