Ajisai: Array Offset Information
Center of Mass Information:
ref: Otsubo and Appleby, "System-dependent centre-of-mass
correction for spherical geodetic satellites" Journal of Geophysical
Research, 108, B4, 2201, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002209, 2003.
The standard Ajisai center-of-mass correction is 1010
mm.
correction for
single photon systems
| edit level |
com (mm) |
| none |
962 |
| 3.0 |
976 |
| 2.5 |
985 |
| 2.0 |
997 |
correction for
C-SPAD (mm)
FWHM pulse width
(ps)
|
edit level |
ave. num detected photons |
| 0.1 |
1 |
10 |
100 |
1
|
3.0 |
977 |
990 |
1020 |
1023 |
| 2.5 |
985 |
996 |
1020 |
1023 |
| 2.0 |
997 |
1004 |
1021 |
1023 |
100
|
3.0 |
976 |
989 |
1012 |
1016 |
| 2.5 |
985 |
995 |
1013 |
1016 |
| 2.0 |
997 |
1002 |
1013 |
1016 |
correction for
leading-edge-half
maximum systems (mm)
| FWHM pulse width (ps) |
com (mm) |
| 1 |
1022 |
| 100 |
1017 |
| 300 |
1009 |
| 1000 |
993 |
| 3000 |
976 |
A convenient way to calculate appropriate CoM corrections for this satellite for any station is provided here.
Publications:
- Otsubo, T., Amagai, J., and Kunimori, H., "Dependence of Ajisai's Center-of-Mass Correction on Laser Ranging System", Proc. of the 10th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Shanghai Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, November 11-15, p. 223, 1996
- Otsubo T., Amagai J., Kunimori H., (1999). The center-of-mass correction of the geodetic satellite AJISAI for single-photon laser ranging”, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37(4), pp. 2011-2018, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/36.774712
