Acta Geodaetica, Geophysica et Montanistica Hungarica 26. (1991)

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Acta Geod. Geoph. Mont. Hung., Vol. 26 (1-4), pp. 3-8 (1991) SATELLITE GEODETIC STUDIES ON THE REGIONAL DYNAMICS OF THE CARPATHO-BALKAN AREA I N Totomanov and N I Georgiev Central Laboratory for Geodesy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1000 Sofia, 7 Noemvri str. 1, Bulgaria EManuscript received October 8, 1987, revised: November 2, 19893 The present paper expands the authors' investigations on the optimum laser location on artificial Earth's satellites (AES) for the determination of the absolute and relative kinematics of the regional lithosphere with emphasis on the Carpatho-Balkan Region (CBR), on its two main structural parts - the Middle European and Balkan ones. In earlier CBR studies, the accuracy of the Cartesian components of the geocentric vectors was investigated for the Balkan and the intercontinental chord vectors were independently considered for Middle Europe and for the Balkan. In this model study new results are presented for the accuracy of the determination of: a) the components of the geocentric vectors in Middle Europe, and b) the chord vectors for the entire CBR. Conclusions are drawn on the optimum AES orbit parameters, on the quality of the network of observatories and on the common and differring characteristics of CBR and its parts as related to the international project IDEAL. Keywords: Carpatho-Balkan area; geodynamics; laser location; satellite geodesy INTRODUCTION Earlier model studies (Georgiev et al. 1987, 1988, Totomanov et al. 1987) aimed at the determination of the laser location of artificial Earth's satellites (AES) as related to the international geodynamic project IDEAL (Georgiev et al. 1983, 1986, Georgiev and Totomanov 1986) and were made both for the entire Carpatho-Balkan region (CBR) and for its two main parts: the Middle-European and the Balkan ones; results were presented for the satellite geodetic observatories Репс near Budapest (Hungary) and Plana near Sofia (Bulgaria). This paper continues this series and outlines the results of a report Acta Geod. Geoph. Mont. Hung. 26, 1991 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest

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