SATELLITE POSITIONING TECHNIQUES IN THE ARCTIC

This paper describes TRANSIT Satellite Navigation Systems, installed on the Arctic ice pack in the spring of 1975. The systems supplied are measuring ice station separations over hundred kilometer baselines, to within a few meters and ice rotation to within plus or minus 2 degrees. To achieve this, several special techniques were implemented: automatic pass selection to optimize satellite tracking, time recovery to improve doppler counting and real time translocation for rapid evaluation of azimuth and strain parameters.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Eighth Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 3-6, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Wasilew, D
  • Vivian, J
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Eighth Annual Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 3-6, 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 401-408

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial satellites; Ice; Motion; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic surveys; Ice movement; Satellite systems
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138179
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Offshore Technology Conference
• Report/Paper Numbers: V1, OTC 2460 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 1976 12:00AM