Overview
- Excellent introduction to orbital mechanics, satellite aerodynamics and upper atmospheric psysics
- Covers advances in the algorithms used for processing satellite accelerometry and Two-Line Element (TLE) orbit data
- Nominated by Delft University of Technology for a Springer Theses Prize
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The opening chapters of this thesis provide an excellent introduction to the various disciplines that are involved in the interpretation of these observations: orbital mechanics, satellite aerodynamics and upper atmospheric physics. A subsequent chapter, at the heart of this work, covers advances in the algorithms used for processing satellite accelerometry and Two-Line Element (TLE) orbit data. The closing chapters provide an elaborate analysis of the resulting density and wind products,which are generating many opportunities for further research, to improve the modelling and understanding of the thermosphere system and its interactions with the lower atmosphere, the ionosphere-magnetosphere system and the Sun.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
His master’s thesis, completed in August 2001, was on the topic of nongravitational force modelling in the orbit determination of ESA’s ERS and Envisat Earth observation satellites. Work on this thesis was performed at Hypersonic Technology Göttingen (HTG), the European Space Operations Centre (ESA/ESOC) in Darmstadt and within the Astrodynamics & Space Systems group at TU Delft.
After graduation, he initially started work on several projects related to satellite radar altimetry and precise orbit determination of radar altimeter satellites. The year 2003 marked the start of a transition to a series of research projects performed for the European Space Agency (ESA), aimed at the development and testing of algorithms for deriving thermospheric density from satellite observations,
and the improvement of thermosphere density models. The work performed for these ESA-funded projects forms the backbone of this thesis.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thermospheric Density and Wind Determination from Satellite Dynamics
Authors: Eelco Doornbos
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25129-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-25128-3Published: 19 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44264-3Published: 22 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25129-0Published: 19 January 2012
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 184
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics