Review Article
Testing General Relativistic Predictions with the LAGEOS Satellites
Table 3
Modelling setup as included in a typical analysis of LAGEOS satellites range data.
| Model for | Model type | Reference |
| Geopotential (static) | EIGEN-GRACE02S, EGM96 | [73, 74] | Geopotential (time-varying, tides) | Ray GOT99.2 | [75] | Geopotential (time-varying, nontidal) | IERS Conventions (2003) | [41] | Third body | JPL DE-403 | [52] | Relativistic correctionsa | Parameterized post-Newtonian | [6] | Direct solar radiation pressure | Cannonball | [23] | Earth albedo | Knocke-Rubincam | [76] | Station positions | ITRF 2000 | [77, 78] | Ocean loading | Schernek and GOT99.2 tides | [23, 75] | Earth Rotation Parameters | IERS EOP C04 | [79] |
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In fact, as explained in the text, these corrections have not been included in the modellization setup used in the analysis.
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