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C. L. Thornton

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Publications

15

Citations

1.2K

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13

Active since

1975

Affiliations

Jet Propulsion Laboratory(Current)

California Institute of Technology

C. L. Thornton is an author at Jet Propulsion Laboratory specializing in orbital mechanics, orbit determination, and aerospace engineering.

Publications per year

1975–1996

15

Publications

15

Initial Results of Radio Occultation Observations of Earth's Atmosphere Using the Global Positioning System

E. R. Kursinski, G. A. Hajj, Willy Bertiger et al. · Science · 1996 · 297 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Meteorology +17

Reduced-dynamic technique for precise orbit determination of low earth satellites

Stephen Wu, C. L. Thornton · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 1991 · 206 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Flight Dynamics +16

Numerical comparison of kalman filter algorithms: Orbit determination case study

G. Bierman, C. L. Thornton · Automatica · 1977 · 141 citations

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering +16

Reduced-dynamic technique for precise orbit determination of low earth satellites

Sien-Chong Wu, T. P. Yunck, C. L. Thornton · AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Conference · 1988 · 140 citations

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Flight Dynamics +16

Precise tracking of remote sensing satellites with the Global Positioning System

T. P. Yunck, Stephen Wu, J. T. Wu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing · 1990 · 111 citations

Natural Sciences, Aerospace Engineering, Global Navigation Satellite Systems +14

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