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The applicability of degree-variance propagation for error analysis and for the validation of other error prediction methods is investigated for the case of satellite gradiometry. For several idealized mission scenarios exact expressions for the a posteriori variances exist; for certain other scenarios approximate relations exist. As degree variances cannot be directly applied to a non-polar orbit, a rule of thumb to predict which coefficients will be affected by the polar gap is derived.
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Received: 19 October 1995; Accepted: 14 November 1996
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van Gelderen, M., Koop, R. The use of degree variances in satellite gradiometry. Journal of Geodesy 71, 337–343 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001900050101
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