Satellite Geodesy

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to: 1. highlight procedural difference between the concepts of geometric and dynamic satellites; 2. identify and explain the observational techniques in satellite geodesy; 3. use software packages for processing satellite data for geodetic positioning; and 4. apply satellite techniques for determining figure of the earth, gravity field.

Basic concept of satellite geodesy. Geometric and dynamic techniques. Methods of observations. Satellites orbits, normal/perturbed orbits. Mathematical model, error behavior and applications of satellite techniques. Types of satellites. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Satellite laser ranging and satellite altimetry. Anatomy of Global Position System (GPS). Description, observations, mathematics models, error analysis, software structure and data processing in GPS. Classical and modern 3–Dimensional approaches to geodetic networks. Global coordinate system and applications of satellite to positioning and figure of the earth, gravity field determination and geodynamics.