Impact of terrestrial reference frame realizations on altimetry satellite orbit quality and global and regional sea level trends: a switch from ITRF2008 to ITRF2014

Rudenko, Sergei; Esselborn, Saskia; Schöne, Tilo; Dettmering, Denise

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-293-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-293-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-293-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

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06 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2019

Impact of terrestrial reference frame realizations on altimetry satellite orbit quality and global and regional sea level trends: a switch from ITRF2008 to ITRF2014

Sergei Rudenko, Saskia Esselborn, Tilo Schöne, and Denise Dettmering

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Answer to the comment of Referee #1', Sergei Rudenko, 14 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review of “Impact of terrestrial reference frame realizations on altimetry satellites orbit quality, global and regional sea level trends: case ITRF2014 versus ITRF2008”', Erricos C. Pavlis, 12 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'Answer to the comment of Referee #2', Sergei Rudenko, 14 Dec 2018

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AR by Sergei Rudenko on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Jan 2019) by Simon McClusky

ED: Publish as is (09 Jan 2019) by J. Huw Davies (Executive editor)

AR by Sergei Rudenko on behalf of the Authors (15 Jan 2019)

Short summary

A terrestrial reference frame (TRF) realization is a basis for precise orbit determination of Earth-orbiting artificial satellites and sea level studies. We investigate the impact of a switch from an older TRF realization (ITRF2008) to a new one (ITRF2014) on the quality of orbits of three altimetry satellites (TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, and Jason-2) for 1992–2015, but especially from 2009 onwards, and on altimetry products computed using the satellite orbits derived using ITRF2014.