Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) monthly full-rate data summary from NASA CDDIS

Description

Full-rate data include all valid satellite returns and are thus larger in volume; these data are not routinely provided by all stations in the laser tracking network. Full-rate data are useful for both engineering evaluation and scientific applications (e.g., studying the performance of retroreflectors, discerning satellite signatures, understanding the statistical nature of satellite returns, calibration of satellite targets, validating system quality of laser station co-locations, etc.). Although many of these studies are of an engineering nature, the results have an important impact on the quality of the scientific output. Full-rate data are transmitted in daily files containing all data received in the previous 24-hour period. The CDDIS then updates monthly, satellite-specific files from these daily files. The summary files summarize the data passes of the monthly full-rate data files. CRD format started testing in 2008 and became operational in January 2011. ILRS/CSTG formats were used for normal point data from 1976 through 2011.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FSLR%2FSLR_DATA_MONTHLYSUM_FR_001
21 SLR_data_and_product_archive.html http://cddis.nasa.gov/Data_and_Derived_Products/SLR/SLR_data_and_product_archive.html
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/SLR/SLR_DATA_MONTHLYSUM_FR_001

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  • solid-earth
  • geodetics
  • earth-science

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