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Pages 111-114

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... COP Crustal Dynamics Project, NASA CF Center of figure CIGNET Cooperative International GPS Network CM Center of mass DORIS Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite DSN Deep Space Network ESA European Space Agency EDM Electronic Distance Measurement EOS Earth Observing Satellite ERDE Extended Research and Development Experiment ERS-1 Earth Resources Satellite of the European Space Agency FAGS Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services FLINN Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural science Network GEO-lK Geodetic Earth Orbiting (low-altitude satellite at 1.5 km) GEOS Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite GEOSAT Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite GEOSCOPE French Global Long-Period Seismometers Network 111
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... 1 12 ACRONYMS GIG'91 First GPS IERS and Geodynamics Experiment GIS Geographic Information System GLONASS USSR Global Navigation Satellite System GLRS Geoscience Laser Ranging System GOOS Global Ocean Observing System GOTEX GPS Orbit Tracking Experiment GP-B Gravity Probe-B GPS Global Positioning System GSE The Group of Scientific Experts GSN Global Seismic Network IABGN International Absolute Gravity Base Station Network IAG International Association of Geodesy IAGA International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy IAHS International Association of Hydrological Sciences IAMAP International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics IAPSO International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean IASPEI International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior IAVCEI International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior IDA International Deployment of Accelerometers Network IERS International Earth Rotation Service IGS International GPS Geodynamics Service INTERMAGNET INTERnational real-time geoMAGnetic observatory NETwork IPMS International Polar Motion Service IRIS Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology ISOP International Seismological Observing Period IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite LLR Lunar Laser Ranging 112
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... PRARE Extended Version USSR Very Long Baseline Interferometric Network of radio telescopes Relative Sea Level Selective Availability (of GPS satellite signal) Sea Satellite Satellite Laser Ranging Satellite pour l' Observation de la Terre Standard Positioning System USA/French system to measure sea surface topography for determination of global ocean circulation and to improve the Earth's gravity model TRAnsit NETwork Terrestrial Reference Frame A version of Universal Time based upon time observations at a number of observatories Coordinated Universal Time, based on an atomic standard of time Very Long Baseline Interferometry
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Key Terms

  • crustal dynamics
  • european space
  • geodetic earth
  • dynamics project
  • international gps

  • universal time
  • gps satellite
  • earth orbiting
  • satellite signal
  • satellite laser

  • fiducial laboratories
  • ocean circulation
  • sea surface
  • selective availability
  • natural science

  • cooperative international
  • atomic standard
  • global ocean
  • resources satellite
  • coordinated universal

  • gravity model
  • geodynamics experimental
  • geophysical data
  • international natural
  • gps network

  • orbiting satellite
  • ocean satellite
  • surface topography
  • earth resources
  • measure sea


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