Effects of horizontal refractivity gradients on the accuracy of laser ranging to satellites

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Dec 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976rasc...11.1037g&link_type=abstract

Radio Science, vol. 11, Dec. 1976, p. 1037-1044.

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Atmospheric Effects, Atmospheric Refraction, Laser Ranger/Tracker, Range Errors, Refractivity, Satellite Tracking, Balloon Sounding, Radiosondes, Ray Tracing, Root-Mean-Square Errors, Statistical Distributions

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Numerous formulas have been developed to partially correct laser ranging data for the effects of atmospheric refraction. All the formulas assume the atmospheric refractivity profile is spherically symmetric. The effects of horizontal refractivity gradients are investigated by ray tracing through spherically symmetric and three-dimensional refractivity profiles. The profiles are constructed from radiosonde data. The results indicate that the horizontal gradients introduce an rms error of approximately 3 cm when the satellite is near 10 deg elevation. The error decreases to a few millimeters near zenith.

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