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Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking (Low-Low/High-Low SST)

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This contribution reviews the mathematical ideas behind the most frequently used techniques for the processing of satellite-to-satellite tracking data. Its emphasis is on the model part rather than on all necessary technicalities in data preprocessing and numerical implementation. The main outcomes of these data-processing strategies, when applied to data of the satellite missions CHAMP and GRACE, are reviewed.

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  1. Geodätisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Wolfgang Keller

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  1. Geomathematics Group, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Willi Freeden

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

    M. Zuhair Nashed

  3. Computational Mathematics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Thomas Sonar

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Keller, W. (2015). Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking (Low-Low/High-Low SST). In: Freeden, W., Nashed, M., Sonar, T. (eds) Handbook of Geomathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54551-1_56

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