Data Type: "In Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), a short pulse of coherent light generated by a laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is transmitted in a narrow beam to illuminate corner cube retroreflectors on the satellite. The return signal, typically a few photons, is collected by a telescope and the time-of-flight is measured. Using information about the satellite's orbit, the time-of-flight, and the speed of light, the location of the ranging station can be determined. Similar data acquired by another station, many kilometers distant from the first, or on a different continent, can be used to determine the distance between stations to precisions of centimeters or better. Repetitive measurements over months and years yield the change in distance, or the motion of the Earth's crust." - NASA website
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Climate Mirror dataset title: Dataset at ftp:/cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/slr/data
Climate Mirror issue: e.g. https://github.com/climate-mirror/datasets/issues/150
Link to datafile: ftp:/cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/slr/data
Agency: NASA
Agency Division: Crustal Dynamics Data Information System
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Bulk Download Link: ftp:/cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/slr/data
Size Estimate: 171 GB
Data Type: "In Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), a short pulse of coherent light generated by a laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is transmitted in a narrow beam to illuminate corner cube retroreflectors on the satellite. The return signal, typically a few photons, is collected by a telescope and the time-of-flight is measured. Using information about the satellite's orbit, the time-of-flight, and the speed of light, the location of the ranging station can be determined. Similar data acquired by another station, many kilometers distant from the first, or on a different continent, can be used to determine the distance between stations to precisions of centimeters or better. Repetitive measurements over months and years yield the change in distance, or the motion of the Earth's crust." - NASA website
Other URLS: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/MetadataTransformation.do?Portal=daacs&KeywordPath=%5BProject%3A+Short_Name%3D'ILRS'%5D&EntryId=CDDIS_SLR_data&MetadataType=0&lbnode=mdlb3, https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/cddis-slr-data-6d48e
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