The measurement techniques of space geodesy :optical technologies /

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"Version: 20251201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The basic concept of performing measurements -- 1.2. Error sources in performing measurements -- 1.3. Time series analysis2. Time and frequency -- 2.1. Historical background : a short history of time -- 2.2. Clocks used in space geodesy -- 2.3. From frequency to time -- 2.4. Historically important time scales -- 2.5. Relativistic corrections -- 2.6. Delay compensation for optical time and frequency transfer3. Satellite laser ranging (SLR) -- 3.1. Overview -- 3.2. The instrumentation of satellite laser ranging -- 3.3. Types of satellites and their properties -- 3.4. The SLR link budget equation -- 3.5. Refraction correction -- 3.6. The complete observation equation4. Lunar laser ranging -- 4.1. The LLR observation technology5. Laser ranging using transponders -- 5.1. The concept of transponder ranging -- 5.2. Examples of transponder missions -- 5.3. Simulations of transponder operations -- 5.4. Delay compensation and common clocks -- 5.5. Time transfer over optical laser links6. Sagnac interferometry -- 6.1. The Sagnac effect -- 6.2. A brief history of Sagnac interferometers -- 6.3. Types of Sagnac interferometers -- 6.4. The ring laser gyroscope -- 6.5. Ring laser in geodesy.Full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.This book concentrates on the optical techniques of space geodesy. It is intended for a student of space geodesy with no special technical background. It provides a fine balance between a general introduction and the necessary technical detail and therefore addresses a wide audience. Furthermore, it also sets the chosen concepts into a wider context. Why are the various techniques used in exactly the presented way and not differently? For the reader who wishes to dig deeper on any of the discussed subjects, the book also provides the incentive and suggestions for further reading.Students in the field of observational space geodesy, as well as providing researchers an introduction to the field.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Ulrich Schreiber obtained his PhD in applied physics in 1988 in G?ottingen. Since then he has been with the Technical University of Munich, developing instrumentation for the optical techniques in space geodesy. His special interest is accurate optical time transfer and Sagnac interferometry.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2026).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9780750320320

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526.1

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Geophysics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics.
Astronautics in geodesy.
Satellite geodesy.
Lunar laser ranging.
Transponders.
Interferometry.

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Karl Ulrich Schreiber.

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