Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983rslr.rept.....c&link_type=abstract
NASA Tech. Memo., NASA TM-85104, 23 pp.
Mathematics
Logic
Earth-Moon System, Geodesy, Geodynamics, Global Tracking Network, Laser Range Finders, Satellite Tracking, Celestial Mechanics, Earth Crust, Earth Tides, Geological Faults, Polar Wandering (Geology)
Scientific paper
Contributions of Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) in the fields of geodesy, oceanography, geodynamics, and geopotential are reviewed. With the best current systems SLR has successfully defined an absolute vertical datum to 3 cm and a relative horizontal datum with comparable accuracy. In the areas of Earth and space physics SLR has demonstrated its ability to provide information regarding the vertical and horizontal movements of the lithosphere, the rheology of the Earth, improved understanding of the evolution of the Earth-Moon system, the Earth's albedo and upper atmosphere, the polar wander, the frequency structure of the polar motion and in the definition of fundamental constants. Future options are discussed. It is indicated that SLR will continue to provide a unique and powerful tool for the study of space and geosciences.
Christodoulidis D. C.
Smith Douglas E.
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