With the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment {GRACE） mission as the prime example, an overview is given on the management and processing of Level IA data of a low-low satellite to satellite tracking mission. To i...With the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment {GRACE） mission as the prime example, an overview is given on the management and processing of Level IA data of a low-low satellite to satellite tracking mission. To illustrate the underlying principle and algorithm, a detailed study is made on the K-band ranging （KBR） assembly, which includes the measurement principles, modeling of noises, the generation of Level 1A data from that of Level 0 as well as Level IA to Level IB data processing.展开更多
基金the project entitled"Advanced Gravity Measurement in Space"supported by the National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences Profs.Wenrui Hu and Houze Xu's effort to promote satellite gravity research in China motivated the feasibility study in the first placeSupport from National Natural Science Foundation of China(11305255,11171329 and 41404019)funding from State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth's Dynamics,Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences(SKLGED2013-3-8-E)are acknowledged
文摘With the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment {GRACE） mission as the prime example, an overview is given on the management and processing of Level IA data of a low-low satellite to satellite tracking mission. To illustrate the underlying principle and algorithm, a detailed study is made on the K-band ranging （KBR） assembly, which includes the measurement principles, modeling of noises, the generation of Level 1A data from that of Level 0 as well as Level IA to Level IB data processing.
