Laser Ranging
type: Concept

SLR
type: Concept
change note: 2018-05-07 16:28:55.0 [sritz] update Definition (NASA has used satellite laser ranging (SLR) for almost two decades in the study of the earth. These include measurements of global tectonic plate motion, regional crustal deformation near plate boundaries, the Earth's gravity field, and the orientation of its polar axis and its rate of spin. The sub-centimeter precision of this technique is now attracting the attention of a new community of scientists interested in high resolution ocean, ice and land topography. The international SLR network is providing an essential link to two new oceanographic satellites, ERS-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon, which range to sea and ice surfaces using microwave altimeters. [Summary provided by NASA] Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: SLR Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Positioning/Navigation Instrument_Subtype: Laser Ranging Short_Name: SLR Long_Name: Satellite Laser Ranging End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible End_Group Online_Resource: https://ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov/ Creation_Date: 2007-02-12 Group: Instrument_Logistics Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group);
definition: NASA has used satellite laser ranging (SLR) for almost two decades in the study of the earth. These include measurements of global tectonic plate motion, regional crustal deformation near plate boundaries, the Earth's gravity field, and the orientation of its polar axis and its rate of spin. The sub-centimeter precision of this technique is now attracting the attention of a new community of scientists interested in high resolution ocean, ice and land topography. The international SLR network is providing an essential link to two new oceanographic satellites, ERS-1 and TOPEX/Poseidon, which range to sea and ice surfaces using microwave altimeters. [Summary provided by NASA] Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: SLR Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Positioning/Navigation Instrument_Subtype: Laser Ranging Short_Name: SLR Long_Name: Satellite Laser Ranging End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible End_Group Online_Resource: https://ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov/ Creation_Date: 2007-02-12 Group: Instrument_Logistics Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group
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