Contribution of LARES and geodetic satellites on environmental monitoring

Author

Pavlis, Erricos C. ; Sindoni, Giampiero ; Paolozzi, Antonio ; Ciufolini, Ignazio

Author_Institution

Goddard Earth Sci. & Technol. Center, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

10-13 June 2015

Firstpage

1989

Lastpage

1994

Abstract

LARES is the latest laser ranged geodetic satellite launched in orbit. It is an Italian Space Agency mission devoted mainly to test fundamental physics. However, it will be shown in the present paper that it will also contribute significantly to Earth science. The use of LARES together with the constellation of the other geodetic satellites will provide improvements in the measurement of the gravity field of Earth including its temporal variation measurements. In particular the latter carries signatures of mass redistribution due to several phenomena including global atmospheric and oceanic circulation, useful not only for monitoring global climate change but also to provide a means for climate model validation.

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by laser beam; Earth gravity field measurement; Italian Space Agency mission; LARES; climate model validation; fundamental physics; global atmospheric circulation; global climate change monitoring; global oceanic circulation; laser ranged geodetic satellite; mass redistribution signatures; Accuracy; Distance measurement; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Satellites; Sea measurements; Terrestrial atmosphere;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7992-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165479

Filename

7165479