Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1992
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Final Technical Report, 15 Mar. 1986 - 31 Dec. 1991 Texas Univ., Austin. Center for Space Research.
Physics
Geophysics
Geodetic Satellites, Geodynamics, Geophysics, Laser Range Finders, Satellite Instruments, Satellite Orbits, Satellite Perturbation, Deceleration, Geopotential, Meteorology, Oceanography
Scientific paper
The results of geodynamic research from the analysis of satellite laser ranging data to Starlette are summarized. The time period of the investigation was from 15 Mar. 1986 to 31 Dec. 1991. As a result of the Starlette research, a comprehensive 16-year Starlette data set spanning the time period from 17 Mar. 1975 through 31 Dec. 1990, was produced. This data set represents the longest geophysical time series from any geodetic satellite and is invaluable for research in long-term geodynamics. A low degree and order ocean tide solution determined from Starlette has good overall agreement with other satellite and oceanographic tide solutions. The observed lunar deceleration is -24.7 +/- 0.6 arcsecond/century2, which agrees well with other studies. The estimated value of J2 is (-2.5 +/- 0.3) x 10-11 yr-1, assuming there are no variations in higher degree zonals and that the 18.6-year tide is fixed at an equilibrium value. The yearly fluctuations in the values for Sa and Ssa tides determined by the 16-year Starlette data are found to be associated with changes in the Earth's second degree zonal harmonic caused primarily by meteorological excitation. The mean values for the amplitude of Sa and Ssa variations in J2 are 32.3 x 10-11 and 19.5 x 10-11, respectively; while the rms about the mean values are 4.1 x 10-11 and 6.3(10)-11, respectively. The annual delta(J2) is in good agreement with the value obtained from the combined effects of air mass redistribution without the oceanic inverted-barometer effects and hydrological change. The annual delta(J3) values have much larger disagreements. Approximately 90 percent of the observed annual variation from Starlette is attributed to the meteorological mass redistribution occurring near the Earth's surface.
Schutz Bob E.
Shum C. K.
Tapley Byron D.
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