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Gurvits, L. (author), Cimò, Giuseppe (author), Dirkx, D. (author), Pallichadath, V. (author), Altobelli, Nicolas (author), Bocanegra Bahamon, T.M. (author), Cazaux, S.M. (author), Vermeersen, L.L.A. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) is a multi-purpose experimental technique aimed at enhancing the science return of planetary missions. The technique exploits the science payload and spacecraft service systems without requiring a dedicated onboard instrumentation or imposing on the existing instrumentation any...review 2023
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- Visser, P.N.A.M. (author) public lecture 2015
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Visser, T. (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)Because of the highly accurate accelerometers, the GOCE mission has proven to be a unique source of thermosphere neutral density and cross-wind data. In the current methods, in which only the horizontal linear accelerations are used, the vertical winds cannot be obtained. In the algorithm proposed in this paper, angular accelerations derived...poster 2017
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March, G. (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)Since 2000, accelerometers on board of the CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE and Swarm satellites have provided highresolution thermosphere density data, improving knowledge on atmospheric dynamics and coupling processes in the thermosphere-ionosphere layer. Most of the research has focused on relative changes in density. Scale differences between datasets and...poster 2017
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- March, G. (author), Visser, T. (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author), Iorfida, E. (author), van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author) poster 2018
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Visser, T. (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author), de Visser, C.C. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Fritsche, B (author)In recent studies thermospheric densities and cross-winds have been derived from linear acceleration measurements of the gradiometer on board the GOCE satellite. Our current work is aimed at analyzing also the angular accelerations, in order to improve the thermosphere density and wind data by allowing for the estimation of more unknown...poster 2016
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- March, G. (author), Doornbos, E.N. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author) other 2018
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Feng, J. (author), Noomen, R. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Yuan, J. (author)The existence and characteristics of periodic orbits (POs) in the vicinity of a contact binary asteroid are investigated with an averaged spherical harmonics model. A contact binary asteroid consists of two components connected to each other, resulting in a highly bifurcated shape. Here, it is represented by a combination of an ellipsoid and a...journal article 2015
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Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)A method has been developed and tested for estimating calibration parameters for the six accelerometers on board the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) from star tracker observations. These six accelerometers are part of the gradiometer, which is the prime instrument on board GOCE. It will be shown that by taking...journal article 2008
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Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Van den IJssel, J. (author)The computation of high-accuracy orbits is a prerequisite for the success of Low Earth Orbiter (LEO) missions such as CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE. The mission objectives of these satellites cannot be reached without computing orbits with an accuracy at the few cm level. Such a level of accuracy might be achieved with the techniques of reduced-dynamic...journal article 2003
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Bouman, J. (author), Fuchs, M. (author), Ivins, E. (author), Van der Wal, W. (author), Schrama, E.J.O. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Horwath, M. (author)The orbit and instrumental measurement of the Gravity Field and Steady State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite mission offer the highest ever resolution capabilities for mapping Earth's gravity field from space. However, past analysis predicted that GOCE would not detect changes in ice sheet mass. Here we demonstrate that GOCE gravity...journal article 2014
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Bock, H. (author), Jäggi, A. (author), Meyer, U. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Van Helleputte, T. (author), Heinze, M. (author), Hugentobler, U. (author)The first ESA (European Space Agency) Earth explorer core mission GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) was launched on 17 March 2009 into a sun-synchronous dusk–dawn orbit with an exceptionally low initial altitude of about 280 km. The onboard 12-channel dual-frequency GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver delivers...journal article 2011
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Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author)The European Space Agency Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circular Explorer (GOCE) carries a gradiometer consisting of three pairs of accelerometers in an orthogonal triad. Precise GOCE science orbit solutions (PSO), which are based on satellite-to-satellite tracking observations by the Global Positioning System and which are claimed to be...journal article 2014
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Gruber, T. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Ackermann, C. (author), Hosse, M. (author)Three GOCE-based gravity field solutions have been computed by ESA’s high-level processing facility and were released to the user community. All models are accompanied by variance-covariance information resulting either from the least squares procedure or a Monte-Carlo approach. In order to obtain independent external quality parameters and to...journal article 2011
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Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)A method has been implemented and tested for estimating bias and scale factor parameters for all six individual accelerometers that will fly on-board of GOCE and together form the so-called gradiometer. The method is based on inclusion of the individual accelerometer observations in precise orbit determinations, opposed to the baseline method...journal article 2008
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Liu, H. (author), Lühr, H. (author), Watanabe, S. (author), Köhler, W. (author), Henize, V. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)Using 3 years (2002–2004), over 16,400 orbits of measurements from the accelerometer on board the CHAMP satellite, we have studied the climatology of the equatorial zonal wind in the upper thermosphere. Several main features are noticed. The most prominent one is that the solar flux significantly influences both the daytime and nighttime winds....journal article 2006
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Fuchs, M.J. (author), Bouman, J. (author), Broerse, D.B.T. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Vermeersen, L.L.A. (author)The Japan Tohoku-Oki earthquake (9.0 Mw) of 11 March 2011 has left signatures in the Earth's gravity field that are detectable by data of the Gravity field Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission. Because the European Space Agency's (ESA) satellite gravity mission Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE)—launched...journal article 2013
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Bouman, J. (author), Fiorot, S. (author), Fuchs, M. (author), Gruber, T. (author), Schrama, E.J.O. (author), Tscherning, C. (author), Veicherts, M. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)GOCE is ESA’s gravity field mission and the first satellite ever that measures gravitational gradients in space, that is, the second spatial derivatives of the Earth’s gravitational potential. The goal is to determine the Earth’s mean gravitational field with unprecedented accuracy at spatial resolutions down to 100 km. GOCE carries a gravity...journal article 2011
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- Schrama, E.J.O. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author) journal article 2007
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Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Sneeuw, N. (author), Gerlach, C. (author)A fast iterative method for gravity field determination from low Earth satellite orbit coordinates has been developed and implemented successfully. The method is based on energy conservation and avoids problems related to orbit dynamics and initial state. In addition, the particular geometry of a repeat orbit is exploited by using a very...journal article 2003