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Gravitational Field Models GEM 3 and 4

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Lerch,  F.J.
Publikationen aller ICGEM-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Wagner,  C.A.
Publikationen aller ICGEM-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Putney,  M.L.
Publikationen aller ICGEM-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Sandson,  M.L.
Publikationen aller ICGEM-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Brownd,  J.E.
Publikationen aller ICGEM-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Richardson,  J.A.
Publikationen aller ICGEM-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Taylor,  W.A.
Publikationen aller ICGEM-unterstützten Projekte, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Lerch, F., Wagner, C., Putney, M., Sandson, M., Brownd, J., Richardson, J., Taylor, W. (1972): Gravitational Field Models GEM 3 and 4, Intern. Symp. on Earth Gravity Models and Related Problems (St. Louis, MO; United States 1972).


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Abstract
A refinement in the satellite geopotential solution for a Goddard Earth Model (GEM 3) was obtained. The solution includes the addition of two low inclination satellites, SAS at 3 deg and PEOLE at 15 deg, and is based upon 27 close earth satellites containing some 400,000 observations of electronic, laser, and optical data. In addition, a new combination satellite/gravimetry solution (GEM 4) was derived. The new model includes 61 center of mass tracking station locations with data from GRARR, Laser, MOTS, Baker-Nunn, and NWL Tranet Doppler tracking sites. Improvement was obtained for the zonal coefficients of the new models and is shown by tests on the long period perturbations of the orbits. Individual zonal coefficients agree very closely among different models that contain low inclination satellites. Tests of models with surface gravity data show that the GEM 3 satellite model has significantly better agreement with the gravimetry data than the GEM 1 satellite model, and that it also has better agreement with the gravimetry data than the 1969 SAO Standard Earth 2 model.