Sentences with phrase «for orbital drift»
The sensors also deteriorate over time, and corrections are necessary for orbital drift and decay.
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Many biases related to, for example, spacecraft altitude, east - west orbital drift, solar heating, and instrument malfunctions.
The adjustments are normal planned calibration for aging instruments and slight orbital drift.
While there is still some uncertainty regarding how to best correct for issues like orbital drift and transitions to different satellites, satellite - based records now fairly closely mirror surface - based records, though with slightly lower trends.
All use the same underlying satellite readings, but apply different adjustments and models to account for satellite transitions and orbital drift.
The combined adjustments for orbital decay and diurnal drift dramatically change the trend vis - a-vis the prior method.
AQUA has a self - correcting propulsion system, so the UAH annual cycle, and the cyclic component of UAH - RSS divergence, can not be the result of differing methods of correction for diurnal drift resulting from orbital decay.