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SLR Related Publications for 1977

Barlier, F., Berger, C., Falin, J., Kockarts, G., and Thuillier, G., "A Thermospheric Model Based on Satellite Drag Data", Aeronomica Acta, A-No. 185, 1977.

Engineering Applications of the Geodetic Sciences, OSU 250, pp. xx-yy, 1977.

Fitzmaurice, M. W., "NASA ground-based and space-based laser ranging systems" in Proceedings of the Symposium on Effective utilization of optics in radar systems, Huntsville, Ala., September 27-29, 1977, pg 155-164, Bellingham, Wash., Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1977.

Fitzmaurice, M.W., Minott, P.O., Abshire, J.B., and Rowe H.E., "Prelaunch Testing of the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS)", NASA Technical Paper 1062, 1977.

Grafarend, E.W., "Space-Time Differential Geodesy", OSU Rpt. 250, pp, 1977.

Lerch, F.J., Klosko, S.M., Laubscher, R.E., and Wagner, C.A., "Gravity Model Improvement Using GEOS-3 (GEM-9 and 10)", NASA X-921-77-246, September, 1977.

Pearlman, M.R., Thorp, J.M., Arnold, D.A., and Vonbun, F.O. "Lageos orbital acquisition and initial assessment".   In Space Research XVII, ed.  by M.J.  Rycroft, Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp.  59-62. 1977.

Shapiro, Irwin I., Counselman, C C,, "Laser Ranging and Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry for Geodetic Applications", AFGLTR-78-0057 Final rept. 1 Jul 74-30 Sep 77, NTIS ADA058104, 1977.

Sjberg, L.E., "On the Errors of Spherical Harmonic Developments of Gravity at the Surface of the Earth", OSU-Rpt. 257, 74pp, 1977.

Smart, W.M., "Text on Spherical Astronomy, -6th ed.", Cambridge Univ. Press, 431pp, 1977.

Smith, D.E., Kolenkiewicz, R., Wyatt, G.H., Dunn, P.J., and Torrence, M.H., "Geodetic Applications of Laser Ranging", Phil. TranS.R. Soc. Lond., V. A284, pp. 529-536, 1977.

Stacey, F.D., "The Physics of the Earth", J. Wiley and Sons, 414pp, 1977.

Uotila, U.A., (ed.), "The Changing World of Geodetic Science", OSU-Rpt. 250, 2 vols, 458pp. total. Individual papers are catalogued, 1977.

Vonbun, F.O., "Goddard Laser Systems and Their Accuracies", Phil. Trans R. Soc. Lond, V. A284, pp. 443-450, used in OSU Satellite Geodesy Course notes, pp. 339-347, 1977.

Wagner, C.A., and Klosko, S.M., "Gravitational Harmonics from Shallow Resonant Orbits", Celestial Mechanics, (16), 1977.