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SLR Related Publications for 2003

Altamimi, Z., Sillard, P., and Boucher, C., "The impact of a No-Net-Rotation Condition on ITRF2000", Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 30, No. 2, January 24, 2003.

Beutler, G., Schildknecht, T., Hugentobler, U., Gurtner, W., "Orbit determination in satellite geodesy", Advances in Space Research 31, 1853-1868, 2003.

Blewitt, G., Self-consistency in reference frames, geocenter definition, and surface loading of the solid Earth, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. B2, 19 February 2003.

Bolotina, O.V., Medvedskii, M.M., Suberlyak, V.R., "On the stability of the satellite laser ranging station Holosiiv-Kyiv", Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies, Vol. 19, No.1, pp.55-61, 2003.

Bolotina, O., Glushchenko, Y., Medvedskij, M., Peretyatko, M., Suberlak, V., Yatskiv, D, "SLR station 'Golosiiv-Kiev': current state and activity", Journees 2001 - systemes de reference spatio-temporels. Influence of geophysics, time and space reference frames on Earth rotation studies, Brussels, 24-26 September 2001, edited by N. Capitaine. Observatoire de Paris, Systemes de Reference Temps-Espace, UMR 8630/CNRS; Observatoire Royal de Belgique, ISBN 2-901057-46-, 2003, p. 207 - 213 13, 207-213., 2003.

Celka, T., Schillak, S., "Range bias in Borowiec satellite laser ranging system," Artificial Satellites 38, 29-35, 2003.

Chao, B. F., Boy, J.-P., Cox, C., Au, A., "Time-variable gravity signal due to extratropic Pacific water mass redistribution", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Chao B.F., Au A.Y., Boy J.P., Cox C.M., (2003). Time-variable gravity signal of an anomalous redistribution of water mass in the extratropic Pacific during 1998-2002, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 1096, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003GC000589.

Chapront J., Francou G., "The lunar theory ELP revisited. Introduction of new planetary perturbations", Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 404, p. 735, 2003.

Chen, J., Wilson, C, "Independent Determination of Low Degree Gravitational Changes From Earth Rotation and Geophysical Models", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A729, 2003.

Cheng, M. K., Fang, M., Hager, B. H., Tapley, B. D., "Geodynamic effects of glacial isostacy from space geodetic observations", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Cheng, M., Tapley, B. D., "Variations in the Earth's Oblateness During the Past 26 years", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2, 2003.

Chin, T. M., Gross, R. S., Dickey, J. O., "Multi-reference Evaluation of Uncertainty in Earth Orientation Parameter Measurements", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 312, 2003.

Chu-Gang, F., Yuan-Ian, Z., Fei-Peng, Z., "Determination of EOPs with combined SLR data of Lageos 1 and Lageos 2", Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics 27, 357-364, 2003.

Coulot, D., Berio, P., Exertier, P., Laurain, O., "Time series of Satellite Laser Ranging station positions, SF2A-2003: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise 51, 2003.

Cox, C. M., Au, A., Boy, J.-P., Chao, B., "Comparison of oceanographic signals with SLR-derived gravity observations", Proceedings of the IERS Workshop on Combination Research and Global Geophysical Fluids, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, Germany, 18-21 November 2002. Ed. by Bernd Richter, Wolfgang Schwegmann, and Wolfgang R. Dick, International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS). IERS Technical Note, No. 30, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Verlag des Bundesamtes fur Kartographie und Geodesie, ISBN 3-89888-877-, 2003, p. 139 - 143 139-143., 2003.

Cox, C. M., Chao, B. F, "Ice mass balance inferred from recent satellite laser ranging estimates of gravity changes", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Cox, C. M., Chao, B. F., Au, A. Y., Boy, J.-P., "Analysis of sectorial and tesseral time variation in the earth's gravity field and the correlation with environmental factors", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract \#4598 4598, 2003.

Cox, C. M., Chao, B. F., Au, A. Y., Boy, J., "Time-Variable Gravity From Satellite-Laser-Ranging and Doppler Measurements: An Update on the Low-Degree Components as Well as the Connections With Geophysical/Climatic Processes", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1, 2003.

Dickman, S. R., Evaluation of "effective angular momentum function" formulations with respect to core-mantle coupling, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. B3, 14 March 2003.

Dong, D., Yunck, T., Heflin, M., Origin of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. B4, 16 April 2003.

Dunn, P., Torrence, M., Kolenkiewicz, R., Smith, D., "Observations of Surface Forces on the LAGEOS Satellites", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract \#7162 7162, 2003.

Feng, C. G., Zhang, F. P., Zhu, Y. L., "Determination of LAGEOS satellite's precise orbits and residual analysis", Acta Astronomica Sinica 44, 55-64, 2003.

Feng, C. G., Zhu, Y. L., Zhang, F. P., "The determination of EOP from the SLR data of combining lageos1 and lageos2", Acta Astronomica Sinica 44, 189-196, 2003.

Fugate, R. Q., "The Starfire Optical Range 3.5-m Adaptive Optical Telescope, Large Ground-based Telescopes. Edited by Oschmann, Jacobus M.; Stepp, Larry M., Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4837, pp. 934-943, 2003.

Gurtner, W., "Die Fundamentalstation Zimmerwald", Orion 316, 36-40, 2003.

Haines, B., Desai, S., Willis, P., Bertiger, W., Munson, T., "Precise orbit determination for Jason-1: GPS and the 1-cm challenge", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Hamal, K., Tea, "Satellite laser ranging Portable Calibration Standard missions 1997-2002", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Han, S., Shum, C., Jekeli, C., Kuo, C., Braun, A., "Static and time-variable Earth gravity fields from CHAMP and GRACE", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A4, 2003.

He, M., Zheng, X., Jiang, C., "The detectors of satellite laser ranging in Yunnan Observatory, Publications of the Yunnan Observatory 96, 62-68, 2003.

Husson, V. S., Ries, J. C., Eanes, R. J., Horvath, J. E., "Millimeter QC of the ITRF using SLR", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 308, 2003.

Iorio, L., "Letter: A Reassessment of the Systematic Gravitational Error in the LARES Mission", General Relativity and Gravitation 35, 1263-1272, 2003.

Iorio, L., "On a New Observable for Measuring the Lense-Thirring Effect with Satellite Laser Ranging", General Relativity and Gravitation 35, 1583-1595, 2003.

Iorio, L., "The Impact of the Static Part of the Earth's Gravity Field on Some Tests of General Relativity with Satellite Laser Ranging", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 86, 277-294, 2003.

Ivins, E. R., Wu, X., Rignot, E., James, T. S., "Mass Balance of Antarctica and PredictedGravity and Geoid Change Signatures with Implications for the Secular ZZonal Harmonic Budget", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract \#12640 12640, 2003.

Jimenez-Munt I, Sabadini R, Gardi A, et al., "Active deformation in the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Anatolia inferred from numerical modeling and geodetic and seismological data", J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 108 (B1): art. no. 2006, JAN 3 2003.

Kang, Z., Nagel, P., Pastor, R., "Precise orbit determination for GRACE", Advances in Space Research 31, 1875-1881, 2003.

Konig, R., Reigber, C., Neumayer, K. H., Schmidt, R., Zhu, S., Baustert, G., Flechtner, F., Meixner, H., Satellite dynamics of the CHAMP and GRACE leos as revealed from space- and ground-based tracking, Advances in Space Research 31, 1869-1874, 2003.

Kokurin Y.L., (2003). Lunar laser ranging: 40 years of research, Quantum Electronics, 33(1), doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1070/QE2003v033n01ABEH002363

Lucchesi, D. M., "LAGEOS II perigee shift and Schwarzschild gravitoelectric field", Physics Letters A 318, 234-240, 2003.

Lucchesi, D. M., "LAGEOS Satellites Asymmetric Reflectivity Effect and the Germanium Cube Corner Retroreflectors", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Lucchesi, D. M., "The asymmetric reflectivity effect on the LAGEOS satellites and the germanium retroreflectors", Geophysical Research Letters 30, 11-1, 2003.

Luthcke, S. B., Rowlands, D. D., Carabajal, C. C., Harding, D., Bufton, J., Williams, T, "ICESAT Laser Altimeter Pointing, Ranging and Timing Calibration from Integrated Residual Analysis", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2, 2003.

Luthcke, S.B., et. al., "The 1-Centimeter Orbit: Jason-1 Precision Orbit Determination Using GPS, SLR, DORIS, and Altimeter Data", Marine Geodesy, 26: 399–421, 2003.

Mertikas, S., Palamartchouk, K., Papadopoulos, T., Frantzis, X., Koutroulis, E., "Sea level and ground monitoring at the radar altimeter calibration site of GAVDOS.", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Moore, P., Qiang, Z., Crisp, S., "Geodynamical Inferences from CHAMP: orbits and gravity field", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract 3814, 2003.

Moore, P., Wang, J, "Geocentre variation from laser tracking of LAGEOS1/2 and loading data", Advances in Space Research 31, 1927-1933, 2003.

Nerem, R. S., Cox, C. M., Leuliette, E. W., Thompson, B. F., "An Investigation of Recent Gravity Variations Using Geophysical 'Fingerprints'", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 6, 2003.

Nerem, R. S., Leuliette, E. W., Gross, R. S., Cazenave, A., Lemoine, J. M., Chambers, D. P., "Causes of Recent Observed Changes in the Earth's Oblateness", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Noomen, R., Klosko, S., "Laser Ranging Workshop Draws International Research Community", EOS Transactions 84, 51-51, 2003.

Otsubo T., Appleby G.M., (2003). System-dependent center-of-mass correction for spherical geodetic satellites, J. Geophys. Res.(Solid Earth), 108(B4), 2201, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002JB002209.

Otsubo, T., Sherwood, R. A., Gibbs, P., Wood, R., "Determination of LAGEOS-2 spin from photometric observation: (2) Misalignment of reflectors and rotational direction", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Pavlis, E. C., Mertikas, S. P., Evans, K., "Sea Level, Tectonics, Environmental Monitoring and Altimeter Calibration in Eastern Mediterranean", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 284, 2003.

Pavlis, E. C., "Satellite Laser Ranging Observations of the TRF Origin", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A3, 2003.

Pavlis, E., "Daily Earth orientation parameters from satellite laser ranging", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Pavlis, E., "The impact of data from the new missions in the development of future gravity models", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Pavlis, E., "The origin of the TRF from satellite laser ranging", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Pavlis, E., "Time series of weekly TRF realizations from laser ranging to LAGEOS 1 and 2", EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003.

Pearlman, M., Husson, V., "The International Laser Ranging Service and Coordination of SLR Activities", Proceedings of the International Seminar On the Use of Space Techniques for Asia-Pacific Regional Crustal Movements Studies; pp 32 - 42 (Russian Academy of Sciences,Institute of Astronomy; Irkutsk, Russia; August 5 - 10, 2002) 32-42., 2003.

Petrov, L., Ma, C., Study of harmonic site position variations determined by very long baseline interferometry, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. B4, 08 April 2003.

Quinn, K. J., Dickey, J. O., de Viron, O., Marcus, S. L., Fukumori, I., "Geocenter Variability and its Excitation: Insight From Geodetic and Global Geophysical Fluid Model Comparisons", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A2, 2003.

Ray, J., Petit, G., Altamimi, Z., "Requirements for Improved Definitions and Realizations of the ITRF Origin and Geocenter Motion", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1, 2003.

Rim, H., Yoon, S., Webb, C. E., Kim, Y., Schutz, B. E., "ICESat Precision Orbit Determination", AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A430, 2003.

Rutkowska, M., "Satellite WESTPAC influence of the gravity field on the accuracy of orbit estimation", Artificial Satellites 38, 97-104, 2003.

Schillak, S., Wnuk, E., "The SLR stations coordinates determined from monthly arcs of lageos-1 and lageos-2 laser ranging in 1999-2001, Advances in Space Research 31, 1935-1940, 2003.

Schreiber, K. U., Klugel, T., Stedman, G. E., "Earth tide and tilt detection by a ring laser gyroscope", J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. B2, 28 February 2003.

Shelus, P. J., Ricklefs, R. L., Wiant, J. R., Ries, J. G., "Lunar and Artificial Satellite Laser Ranging: The Use of Queue Scheduling and Worth Functions to Maximize Scientific Results", AAS/Division of Dynamical Astronomy Meeting 34, 2003.

Shelus P., Chapront J., "Recent contributions to LLR analysis", Presentation to 13th International Workshop on Laser Ranging (Washington DC, October 2002), R. Noomen, S. Klosko, C. Noll, M. Pearlman (eds.), October 2003.

Williams, J. G., and J. O. Dickey, Lunar Geophysics, Geodesy, and Dynamics, Proceedings of 13th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, October 7-11, 2002, Washington, D. C., eds. R. Noomen, S. Klosko, C. Noll, and M. Pearlman, NASA/CP-2003-212248, pp. 75-86, 2003.

Yang FM, Chen WZ, Zhang ZP, et al., "Satellite laser ranging experiment with sub-centimeter single-shot ranging precision at Shanghai Observatory", SCI CHINA SER G 46 (1): 84-88 FEB 2003.

Yang, F., Zhang, Z., Chen, W., Chen, J., "Satellite laser ranging observations at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory during 2001-2002", Shanghai Observatory Annals 24, 56-59, 2003.

Zhu, Y., Feng, C., Zhou, Y., "Earth orientation parameters during 1990-2001 solved with Lageos 1 SLR data", Shanghai Observatory Annals 24, 28-33, 2003.