Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

SVG 504 — Satellite Geodesy

SVG department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
• highlight procedural difference between the concepts of geometric and dynamic satellites
• identify and explain the observational techniques in satellite geodesy
• use software packages for processing satellite data for geodetic positioning; and
• apply satellite techniques for determining figure of the earth, gravity field

Course contents

Basic concept of satellite geodesy. Geometric and dynamic techniques. Methods of observations. Satellites orbits, normal/perturbed orbits. Mathematical model, error behavior and applications of satellite techniques. Types of satellites. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Satellite laser ranging and satellite altimetry.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study SVG 504.

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