satellite orbit determination is a method of determining the state vector, i.e., position and velocity, of a low earth orbiting (leo) satellite or interplanetary spacecraft. during the past two decades, many satellites with various applications including geodetic applications have been launched at low altitudes. for instance, topex / poseidon, champ, grace and goce are the examples of the geode...

[1] High-resolution (0.1 0.1 ) geostationary satellite infrared radiances at 11 mm in combination with gridded (2.5 2.0 ) hourly surface precipitation observations are employed to document the spatial structure of the diurnal cycle of summertime deep convection and associated precipitation over North America. Comparison of the diurnal cycle pattern between the satellite retrieval and surface ob...

Drifter and satellite data are assimilated into a circulation model that hindcasts near-surface currents in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Experiments without assimilation, and using assimilation of drifter, satellite sea-surface height (SSH) and sea-surface temperature (SST) data, in various combinations, were conducted. Currents derived from these experiments were used to compute drifter tr...