Determination of high frequency variations in earth's rotation from Doppler satellite observations

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The determination of high frequency variations in UT-1 and a component of pole position from a single pass of Doppler observations of a Navy Navigation Satellite is affected by instrument errors and uncertainties in the gravity field and atmospheric drag forces used in computing the satellite orbit. For elevation angles above 20°, instrument errors contribute about 2 msec to the determination of UT-1 and “.03 to the determination of pole position. Gravity and drag errors contribute about 0“.03 of correlated error. But gravity errors may be inferred by statistical analysis of residuuls after drag errors are reduced by drag-compensating devices aboard future Navy Navigation Satellites. Since 20 Doppler stations nominally acquire about 100 passes each day, daily observations of UT-1 and pole position could achieve precisions of 0.2 msec and “.005, respectively, assuming half the passes contribute to the determination of each component of pole position. The current accuracy of Doppler results for two day solutions is about 50 cm for pole position and 1 msec for high frequency variations in UT-1.

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