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45-8 16:00 Peterseim, Nadja<br />

IMPACTS OF THERMOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE ON DATA OF LOW ORBITING<br />

GEODETIC PRECISION SPACE MISSIONS<br />

PETERSEIM, Nadja, TU München, Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy,<br />

Arcisstraße 21, München, 80333, Germany, nadja.peterseim@bv.tum.de and SCHLICHT,<br />

Anja, TU München, Forschungseinrichtung Satellitengeodäsie, Arcisstraße 21, München,<br />

80333, Germany<br />

Geodetic stellite gravity missions have increased accuracy from mission to mission over the<br />

past decade. For future gravity field missions a laser ranging instrument between two satellites,<br />

similar to GRACE’s (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) K-Band ranging system, is<br />

planned. This sets new requirements to the satellites Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS)<br />

as the satellites needs to be in a very specific attitude. Therefore, the external influence by<br />

Earth’ thermosphere and ionosphere onto geodetic Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites needs to<br />

be well known and determined.<br />

In our study we focus on these impacts <strong>of</strong> thermosphere and ionosphere onto GOCE<br />

(Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer). GOCE uses a gradiometer<br />

consisting <strong>of</strong> 6 accelerometers, pairwise mounted on three perpendicular axes. This way not<br />

only linear accelerations can be observed, but also angular accelerations. Dominant angular<br />

accelerations can be observed in the polar region and around the magnetic equator. It can be<br />

shown that these rotations find their way into the gravity gradients (GG) determined by GOCE.<br />

We also want to describe these rotations and propose a way to reduce and/or eliminate them<br />

<strong>with</strong>in the GG via a modification <strong>of</strong> the inverse calibration matrices (ICMs), which are used for<br />

an optimal calibration <strong>of</strong> the gradiometer.<br />

Moreover, ionospheric and magnetical influences can also be found by analyzing disturbing<br />

signals, so-called ‘twangs’, <strong>with</strong>in GRACE accelerometer data. Analysis <strong>of</strong> these signatures<br />

reveal a temporal and spatial distribution.<br />

SESSION NO. 45<br />

45-9 16:15 Eineder, Michael<br />

TANDEM-L: A RADAR MISSION PROPOSAL TO CAPTURE EARTH DYNAMICS<br />

EINEDER, Michael1 , HAJNSEK, Irena2 , MOREIRA, Alberto2 , BAMLER, Richard1 ,<br />

KRIEGER, Gerhard2 , MINET, Christian1 , and DEZAN, Francesco2 , (1) Institut für Methodik<br />

der Fernerkundung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenh<strong>of</strong>en,<br />

82234, Germany, Michael.Eineder@dlr.de, (2) Microwaves and Radar Institute, Deutsches<br />

Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Münchner Str. 20, Oberpfaffenh<strong>of</strong>en, 82234,<br />

Germany<br />

Tandem-L is a proposal prepared by DLR and NASA for an L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar<br />

(SAR) mission to monitor important parameters <strong>of</strong> four different Earth spheres <strong>with</strong> different<br />

priorities.<br />

First priority:<br />

1. Geosphere: the mission shall perform weekly measurements at global geo-risk areas such<br />

as volcanoes, plate boundaries and landslide areas. Additionally, areas where anthropogenic<br />

surface changes are expected shall be monitored. Examples for the latter are groundwater<br />

extraction in cities or carbon capture and storage sites.<br />

2. Biosphere: the mission shall establish inventories <strong>of</strong> global forest heights and biomass and<br />

monitor the changes over 5 years.<br />

Second priority:<br />

3. Cryosphere: the mission shall capture sea ice extent, permafrost, glacier and ice cap<br />

dynamics.<br />

4. Hydrosphere: the mission shall perform measurements in different disciplines such as soil<br />

moisture, flooding and ocean currents.<br />

This contribution gives an overview over the mission. The presented goals and requirements<br />

will focus on geolocical applications (geosphere).<br />

Munich, Germany A69<br />

Wednesday

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