Michael M. Watkins
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Michael M. Watkins is an American engineer, scientist, and a Professor of Aerospace and Geophysics at the California Institute of Technology . He previously served as the 9th director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and as a vice president of Caltech, which staffs and manages JPL for NASA. His directorial position was effective from July 1, 2016 to August 20, 2021.
Michael M. Watkins's Published Works
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- Precise point positioning for the efficient and robust analysis of GPS data from large networks (1997) (2856)
- The gravity recovery and climate experiment: Mission overview and early results (2004) (2267)
- GRACE Measurements of Mass Variability in the Earth System (2004) (1989)
- Improved methods for observing Earth's time variable mass distribution with GRACE using spherical cap mascons (2015) (657)
- The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL (2012) (613)
- Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change (2019) (378)
- Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission (2013) (355)
- Quantifying and reducing leakage errors in the JPL RL05M GRACE mascon solution (2016) (339)
- The Joint Gravity Model 3 (1996) (301)
- Precision orbit determination for TOPEX/POSEIDON (1994) (279)
- Gravity model development for TOPEX/POSEIDON: Joint gravity models 1 and 2 (1994) (212)
- GPS precise tracking of TOPEX/POSEIDON: Results and implications (1994) (184)
- Extending the Global Mass Change Data Record: GRACE Follow‐On Instrument and Science Data Performance (2020) (184)
- The JPL lunar gravity field to spherical harmonic degree 660 from the GRAIL Primary Mission (2013) (170)
- Lunar interior properties from the GRAIL mission (2014) (151)
- Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL): Mapping the Lunar Interior from Crust to Core (2013) (127)
- Status of the GRACE Follow-On Mission (2013) (119)
- On-land ice loss and glacial isostatic adjustment at the drake passage: 2003-2009 (2011) (117)
- Progress in the determination of the gravitational coefficient of the Earth (1992) (105)
- Sustained Water Loss in California's Mountain Ranges During Severe Drought From 2012 to 2015 Inferred From GPS (2017) (98)
- High‐resolution lunar gravity fields from the GRAIL Primary and Extended Missions (2014) (94)
- Glacial isostatic adjustment observed using very long baseline interferometry and satellite laser ranging geodesy (1999) (87)
- Instrument of Grace: GPS augments gravity measurements (2003) (85)
- The science process for selecting the landing site for the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory (2011) (82)
- The status and future prospect for GRACE after the first decade (2013) (61)
- GRACE: millimeters and microns in orbit (2002) (60)
- Relativistic effects for near-earth satellite orbit determination (1990) (58)
- Characteristics and Applications of Precise GPS Clock Solutions Every 30 Seconds (1997) (55)
- Shortening and thickening of metropolitan Los Angeles measured and inferred by using geodesy (1999) (52)
- North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variations from GRACE ocean bottom pressure anomalies (2015) (50)
- Exploration of Antarctic Ice Sheet 100-year contribution to sea level rise and associated model uncertainties using the ISSM framework (2018) (50)
- Diurnal and Semidiurnal Variations in Earth Orientation Determined from Lageos Laser Ranging (1994) (44)
- The Scientific Measurement System of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission (2013) (40)
- Comparison of VLBI and SLR geocentric site coordinates (1991) (39)
- Observations of tidally coherent diurnal and semidiurnal variations in the geocenter (1997) (38)
- Determination of the gravitational coefficient of the Earth from near‐Earth satellites (1989) (37)
- The terrestrial reference frame and the dynamic Earth (2001) (35)
- IGS REFERENCE FRAME REALIZATION (1998) (27)
- Gravity field of the Orientale basin from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Mission (2016) (25)
- GRACE Follow‐On Laser Ranging Interferometer Measurements Uniquely Distinguish Short‐Wavelength Gravitational Perturbations (2020) (24)
- Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Simulations of Static and Temporal Gravity Field (2012) (24)
- Application of GRACE to the assessment of model-based estimates of monthly Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance (2003–2012) (2016) (23)
- Long term changes in the Earth's shape, rotation, and geocenter (1993) (23)
- On the structure of geometric positioning information in GPS measurements (1996) (22)
- Mars Exploration Rovers orbit determination filter strategy (2004) (20)
- Relative time and frequency alignment between two low earth orbiters, grace (2003) (19)
- Lageos Laser Ranging Contributions to Geodynamics, Geodesy, and Orbital Dynamics (2013) (19)
- Improved detection of tides at Europa with radiometric and optical tracking during flybys (2015) (18)
- Arctic Ocean Tides from GRACE Satellite Accelerations (2009) (18)
- Orbit determination in the relativistic geocentric reference frame (1991) (17)
- Error Analysis of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Mission (2001) (16)
- OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ON THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE MOON AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FROM THE GRAIL MISSION (2007) (16)
- Absolute positioning using Doris tracking of the SPOT‐2 satellite (1992) (16)
- Comparison of terrestrial reference frame velocities determined from SLR and VLBI (1994) (14)
- Toward global inverse solutions for current and past ice mass variations: Contribution of secular satellite gravity and topography change measurements (2002) (14)
- A high-resolution spherical harmonic degree 1200 lunar gravity field from the GRAIL mission (2014) (12)
- Mars Exploration Rover Cruise Orbit Determination (2004) (12)
- APPLICATION OF ENCKE'S METHOD TO LONG ARC ORBIT DETERMINATION SOLUTIONS (1991) (11)
- Rate change observed at JPLM after the Northridge Earthquake (1998) (11)
- Antarctic tides from GRACE satellite accelerations (2012) (11)
- Earth rotation from Lageos laser ranging. (1989) (10)
- The Grace Mission: The Challenges of Using Micron-Level Satellite-to-Satellite Ranging to Measure the Earth's Gravity Field (2000) (10)
- Mars exploration rovers orbit determination system modeling (2004) (9)
- GRACE Mission: Status and Prospects (2013) (9)
- GRACE: A New Mission Concept for High Resolution Gravity Field Mapping (1995) (8)
- Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL): Extended Mission and End-Game Status (2013) (7)
- Gravity Field of the Orientale Basin from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission (2016) (7)
- STATION POSITIONS AND PLATE MOTION FROM LAGEOS LONG ARC LLA8903 (1990) (7)
- Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Primary Mission Overview (2012) (7)
- Advanced Pointing Imaging Camera (APIC) for planetary science and mission opportunities (2020) (7)
- AMORE: An autonomous constellation concept for atmospheric and ocean observation (2000) (6)
- GRAVITY RECOVERY AND INTERIOR LABORATORY (GRAIL) MISSION: STATUS AT THE (2012) (6)
- The Role of GRAIL Orbit Determination in Preprocessing of Gravity Science Measurements (2013) (6)
- Rate of change of the Quincy-Monument Peak baseline from a translocation analysis of LAGEOS Laser Range Data (1989) (5)
- The effects of general relativity on near-earth satellites (1990) (5)
- GRACE Gravity Field Results from JPL (2002) (5)
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE): Detection of Ice Mass Loss, Terrestrial Mass Changes, and Ocean Mass Gains (2013) (5)
- High-Resolution Estimates of Lunar Crustal Density and Porosity from the GRAIL Extended Mission (2013) (5)
- MISSION STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE MOON FROM THE GRAVITY RECOVERY AND INTERIOR LABORATORY (GRAIL) MISSION. Maria T. Zuber (2011) (5)
- Evaluation of IGS Orbits with Satellite Laser Ranging (1996) (5)
- GPS Precise Tracking of Topex/Poseidon: Results & Implications (1994) (4)
- Current Status Of The GRACE Follow-On Mission (2016) (4)
- GRACE Follow-On: mission status and first mass change observations (2019) (4)
- The Effects of GPS Carrier Phase Ambiguity Resolution on Jason-1 (2004) (3)
- Detailed simulation of the Lageos-3 measurement of the Lense-Thirring precession. (1993) (3)
- The GRACE Mission Status and Future Directions (2014) (2)
- Recent Mascon Solutions from GRACE (2006) (2)
- NASA and GFZ GRACE Follow-On Mission: Status, Science, Advances (2020) (2)
- Contribution of satellite laser ranging to geodesy and geodynamics (1991) (2)
- GRACE science data system design (1999) (2)
- Application of GRACE to the evaluation of an ice flow model of the Greenland Ice Sheet (2014) (2)
- The JPL RL05M GRACE Mascon Solution (2017) (2)
- Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Water Storage with GRACE and Future Satellite Gravimetry Missions (2011) (1)
- GRACE Level-1 Processing Status (2012) (1)
- High Precision and Real Time Tracking of Low Earth Orbiters With GPS: Case Studies With TOPEX/POSEIDON and EUVE (1995) (1)
- IGS White Paper on Low Earth Orbiting GPS (1997) (1)
- Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Water Storage with GRACE and Future Gravimetry Missions (2011) (1)
- Measuring the Lense-Thirring precession with Lageos-3. (1994) (1)
- GRACE Follow-On: Current Mission Status and next steps (2018) (1)
- GRACE Level-1 Status (2011) (1)
- The Consistency of the Scale of the Terrestrial Reference Frames Estimated from SLR and VLBI Data (2013) (1)
- GRACE Gravity Field Product Description and Mission Profile (2003) (1)
- GRAIL: Facilitating Future Exploration of the Moon (2012) (1)
- A High-Resolution View of the Orientale Basin and Surroundings from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) (2014) (1)
- Mars Polar Lander Operations: Navigation Advisory Group Activities (2000) (1)
- The Scientific Measurement System of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission (2013) (1)
- A Glimpse of Lunar Core Shape and Deep Gravity Field (2014) (1)
- Mars Exploration Rover - a new standard for interplanetary navigation (2004) (1)
- Towards realization of a GRACE Gap Filler Mission (2010) (1)
- The Grace Mission Status and Future Activities (2014) (1)
- Earth System Data Records of Mass Transport from Time-Variable Gravity Data (2014) (0)
- Uncertainty Quantification for Ice Sheet Science and Sea Level Projections (2017) (0)
- EX-5: Time Dependent Gravity Field Mapping (2000) (0)
- Calibration and Validation of the New Gravity Missions (2001) (0)
- Further Plans for the GRACE Mission (2019) (0)
- Change in Total Water in California's Mountains and Groundwater in Central Valley During the 2011–2014 Drought From GPS, GRACE, and InSAR (2014) (0)
- Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Observed with VLBI and SLR (1999) (0)
- Scoping Requirements for a Drag-free System for Next Generation Gravity Field Missions (2015) (0)
- Contribution of SLR to Earth Rotation and Terrestrial Reference Frames (1990) (0)
- The International GPS Service (IGS) as a Continuous Reference System for Precise GPS Positioning (1996) (0)
- Progress on Antarctic Glacial Isostatic Adjustment and GRACE constraints on ice loss (Invited) (2013) (0)
- The GRACE Mission in the Final Stage (2016) (0)
- Science Requirements and Technical Challenges for Future Gravity Missions (2003) (0)
- The Dense GPS Array in Southern California: A New Tool for Seismic Hazard Assessment (1995) (0)
- GRACE Level-1 Data Processing (2002) (0)
- Satellite Observations of the Epic California Drought (2014) (0)
- Recent JPL results from GRACE (2003) (0)
- Applications of Static and Time-Variable Gravity in Oceanography (Invited) (2013) (0)
- Global reference frame: Intercomparison of results (SLR, VLBI and GPS) (1994) (0)
- The use of GRACE satellite data to validate the global hydrological cycle as simulated by a global climate mode (2014) (0)
- Towards a Next Generation Gravity Field Mission (2014) (0)
- A New Advanced GRACE Analyis Product - JPLRL05M: Improving Terrestrial Water Storage Estimates (2015) (0)
- Inter-Satellite Laser Mapping of the Gravitational Field of the Earth (2007) (0)
- Water storage variations in Washington, Oregon and California inferred from GPS observation of loading deformation (2014) (0)
- The Current Status and Future Prospects for the GRACE Mission (2016) (0)
- Ice Loss and Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Adjacent to the Drake Passage: 2003 - 2009 using GPS and GRACE (2010) (0)
- The Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) Mission Status and Future Developments (2010) (0)
- Maule MW 8.8 Gravity and Deformation Signature in GRACE Range Data (2011) (0)
- GRACE science data system status for level-1 processing (2000) (0)
- Searching for Atmospheric Pressure Errors over Antarctica with GRACE Accelerations (2014) (0)
- Properties of the Lunar Interior: Preliminary Results from the GRAIL Mission (2013) (0)
- GRACE Status at Mission End (2017) (0)
- Exploration of Antarctic Ice Sheet 100-year contribution to sea level rise and associated model uncertainties using the ISSM framework (2018) (0)
- Navigation and EDL for the Mars Exploration Rovers (2006) (0)
- The GRACE Mission: Status and Future Prospects (2008) (0)
- Application of GRACE, Vertical GPS Station Motion and ICESat Altimeter Data for Generating Simultaneous Constrains on Ice Mass Balance and Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in the Antarctic Peninsula (2010) (0)
- The Status and Future Directions for the GRACE Mission (2015) (0)
- AMORE: An Autonomous Microsatellite Constellation for Atmosphere and Ocean Observation (1999) (0)
- AMORE: An Autonomous Microsatellite Constellation Concept for Atmospheric and Ocean Observation (1999) (0)
- Understanding the Hydrosphere Using Satellite Observations (2013) (0)
- A 660 D&O Gravitational Field of the Moon from the GRAIL Primary Mission (2013) (0)
- Structure of the Moon’s Orientale Basin from Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Observations (2014) (0)
- Antarctic Ice Mass Balance from GRACE (2014) (0)
- Laboratory ( GRAIL ) Mission Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior (2013) (0)
- Long Arc Orbit Determination Solutions for the Lageos Satellite (1990) (0)
- Summary of the GRACE Mission: Accomplishments and Future Actions (2018) (0)
- A North-South Convergent Belt Along the Northern Margin of the Los Angeles Metropolis from Geodes (1998) (0)
- JPL Level 2 gravity processing: status and prospects (2016) (0)
- The Use of the Geocenter as a Kinematic Reference Point for Large Scale Geophysical Studies (2001) (0)
- Variability in deep ocean circulation from GRACE (2015) (0)
- Rapid, Precise, and Economical Analysis of Data from the Southern California Integrated GPS Network (1995) (0)
- Post-processing methods with applications to JPL RL05M GRACE mascon solutions (2013) (0)
- Preliminary Results on Lunar Interior Properties from the GRAIL Mission (2013) (0)
- Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL): Mapping the Lunar Interior from Crust to Core (2013) (0)
- GRACE: Providing A New View of the Earth (2015) (0)
- Precise station coordinated determination from DORIS tracking of the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite (1993) (0)
- GRACE: from measurement to gravity (2004) (0)
- The International GPS Network for Charting the Evolving Global Reference Frame (1995) (0)
- Supplementary material to "Exploration of Antarctic Ice Sheet 100-year contribution to sea level rise and associated model uncertainties using the ISSM framework" (2018) (0)
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