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    Pure Geometrical Precise Orbit Determination of a LEO Based on GNSS Carrier Phase Observations

    The interest in a precise orbit determination of Low Earth Orbiters (LEOs) especially in pure geometrical mode using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observations has been rapidly grown. Conventional ...

    A. Shabanloui, K. H. Ilk in Geodesy for Planet Earth (2012)

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    A New Approach for Pure Kinematical and Reduced-Kinematical Determination of LEO Orbit Based on GNSS Observations

    The geometrical point-wise satellite positions of a Low Earth Orbiter (LEO) equipped with a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver can be derived by GNSS analysis techniques based on hl-SST (high-l...

    A. Shabanloui, K. H. Ilk in Geodesy for Planet Earth (2012)

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    Improved Resolution of a GRACE Gravity Field Model by Regional Refinements

    The available gravity field models derived from data of the GRACE mission (tapley and Reigber (2001)) have provided us with an unprecedented accuracy in gravity field determination. Nevertheless the projected ...

    A Eicker, T Mayer-Guerr, K.H Ilk in Observing our Changing Earth (2009)

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    Do We Need New Gravity Field Recovery Techniques for the New Gravity Field Satellites?

    The classical approach of satellite geodesy consists in deriving the spherical harmonic coefficients representing the gravitational potential from an analysis of accumulated orbit perturbations of artificial s...

    K.H. Ilk, A. Löcher, T. Mayer-Gürr in VI Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Theoretical… (2008)

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    The Use of Energy Balance Relations for Validation of Gravity Field Models and Orbit Determination Results

    There is a need for a proper validation procedure of gravity field solutions, especially for those high precise ones which are derived from the dedicated gravity field missions as CHAMP, GRACE and in future GO...

    K.H. Ilk, A. Löcher in A Window on the Future of Geodesy (2005)

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    Gravity Field Recovery and Validation by Analysis of Short Arcs of a Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Experiment as CHAMP and GRACE

    A procedure for gravity field determination is presented based on the analysis of short arcs of low flying satellites as CHAMP and GRACE. The analysis technique can be applied to high-low as well as to low-low...

    K.H. Ilk, M. Feuchtinger, T. Mayer-Gürr in A Window on the Future of Geodesy (2005)

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    Global Gravity Field Solutions Based on a Simulation Scenario of GRACE SST Data and Regional Refinements by GOCE SGG Observations

    GOCE (Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer) has the potential of deriving the global gravity field with unprecedented accuracy in the high resolution spectral part. The usual way is to mod...

    A. Eicker, T. Mayer-Guerr, K.H. Ilk in Gravity, Geoid and Space Missions (2005)

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    Energy Relations for the Motion of two Satellites within the Gravity Field of the Earth

    Energy exchange relations of the satellites’ motion within the gravity field of the Earth as well as integrals of motion seem to be useful as basic models for the determination of field parameters of the gravi...

    K. H. Ilk in Gravity, Geoid and Geodynamics 2000 (2002)

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    Envisaging a new era of gravity field research

    The investigation of the Earth’s gravity field will enter a new era at the turn of the forthcoming millenium. Despite the fact that a remarkable improvement of our knowledge of the gravity field has been achie...

    K. H. Ilk in Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS) (2000)

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    Application of Spherical Wavelets for Regional Gravity Field Recovery — A Comparative Study

    This paper is related to the application of spherical wavelets for gravity field recovery from SST/SGG-observations. The questions of geographical truncation and spatial resolution are studied, important for a...

    J. Kusche, K. H. Ilk, S. Rudolph, M. Thalhammer in Geodesy on the Move (1998)

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    The Status of Spaceborne Gravity Field Mission Concepts: A Comparative Simulation Study

    The spaceborne gravity field mission concepts SST (satellite-to-satellite tracking) and SGG (satellite gravity gradiometry) are considered to have the potential to improve our knowledge of the Earth’s gravity ...

    N. Sneeuw, K. H. Ilk in Gravity, Geoid and Marine Geodesy (1997)

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    Satellite gravity gradiometry: A future technique for global high resolution gravity field recovery

    One future possibility for obtaining improved high resolution gravity field information, besides the competitive technique of satellite-to-satellite tracking, is satellite gravity gradiometry. In this paper th...

    K. H. Ilk in Developments in Four-Dimensional Geodesy (1990)