Note: Intro -- CONTENTS -- Part I CHAMP -- CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload -- CHAMP Mission 5 Years in Orbit -- Remarks on CHAMP Orbit Products -- Harmonic Analysis of the Earth's Gravitational Field from Kinematic CHAMP Orbits based on Numerically Derived Satellite Accelerations -- Earthquake Signatures in the Ionosphere Deduced from Ground and Space Based GPS Measurements -- Global Atmospheric Sounding with GPS Radio Occultation aboard CHAMP -- Part II GRACE -- The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment -- Design and Operation of the GRACE ISDC -- De-aliasing of Short-term Atmospheric and Oceanic Mass Variations for GRACE -- Integrated Sensor Analysis GRACE -- Static and Time-Variable Gravity from GRACE Mission Data -- Gravity Field Recovery from GRACE-SST Data of Short Arcs -- Mapping Earth's Gravitation Using GRACE Data -- High Frequency Temporal Earth Gravity Variations Detected by GRACE Satellites -- Part III GOCE -- The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer -- From Kinematic Orbit Determination to Derivation of Satellite Velocity and Gravity Field -- Mission Simulation and Semi-analytical Gravity Field Analysis for GOCE SGG and SST -- GOCE Gravity Field Modeling: Computational Aspects - Free Kite Numbering Scheme -- An Integrated Global/Regional Gravity Field Determination Approach based on GOCE Observations -- High-Performance GOCE Gravity Field Recovery from Gravity Gradient Tensor Invariants and Kinematic Orbit Information -- The Impact of Temporal Gravity Variations on GOCE Gravity Field Recovery -- Quality Assessment of GOCE Gradients -- Color Figures -- Part IV IERS -- The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service -- IERS Data and Information System -- IERS Analysis Coordination -- Analysis and Refined Computations of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame. , Combination og VLBI Analysis Results -- Towards a Rigorous Combination of Space Geodetic Observations for IERS Product Generation -- CONT02 Analysis and Combination of Long EOP Series -- Conventional and New Approaches for Combining Multi-Satellite Techniques -- Part V GEOsensor -- Ring Laser for Seismology -- The GEOsensor Project: Rotations - a New Observable for Seismology -- Part VI Airborne Gravimetry -- Evaluation of Airborne Vector Gravimetry Using GNSS and SDINS Observations -- SAGS4 - StrapDown Airborne Gravimetry System Analysis -- Further Development of a High Precision Two-Frame Inertial Navigation System for Application in Airborne Gravimetry.

Note: First CHAMP Mission Results for Gravity, Magnetic and Atmospheric Studies -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Table of Contents -- Orbit and Earth Gravity Field -- CHAMP Orbit and Gravity Instrument Status -- On Board Evaluation of the STAR Accelerometer -- Determination of CHAMP Accelerometer Calibration Parameters -- CHAMP Accelerometer and Star Sensor Data Combination -- CHAMP Clock Error Characterization -- Determination of the Offset of CHAMP GPS Antenna with Respect to Satellite's Mass Center -- Spaceborne GPS for POD and Earth Science -- The CHAMP Orbit Comparison Campaign -- CHAMP Orbit Determination with GPS Phase-Connected Precise Point Positioning -- Kinematic and Dynamic Determination of Trajectories for Low Earth Satellites Using GPS -- CHAMP Double-Difference Kinematic POD with Ambiguity Resolution -- Approaches to CHAMP Precise Orbit Determination -- STAR Accelerometer Contribution to Dynamic Orbit and Gravity Field Model Adjustment. -- Impact of different data combinations on the CHAMP orbit determination -- CHAMP Rapid Science Orbit Determination - Status and Future Prospects -- Orbit Predictions for CHAMP - Development and Status -- Thermospheric events in CHAMP Precise Orbit Determination -- New Global Gravity Field Models from Selected CHAMP Data Sets -- First insight into temporal gravity variablility from CHAMP -- CHAMP Gravity Field Recovery with the Energy Balance Approach: First Results -- Preliminary Analysis of CHAMP State Vector and Accelerometer Data for the Recovery of the Gravity Potential -- CHAMP Precise Orbit Determination and Gravity Field Recovery -- Gravitational Field Modelling From CHAMP-Ephemerides by Harmonic Splines and Fast Multipole Techniques -- Evaluation of Geoid Models with GPS/Levelling Points in Sweden and Finland -- Geophysical Impact of Field Variations. , CHAMP, Mass Displacements, and the Earth's Rotation -- CHAMP Gravity Anomalies over Antarctica -- Assimilation of Altimeter and Geoid Data into a Global Ocean Model -- Total density retrieval with STAR -- Earth Magnetic Field -- CHAMP ME Data Processing and Open Issues -- Ion Drift-Meter Status and Calibration -- CO2 - A CHAMP Magnetic Field Model -- Decadal and Subdecadal Secular Variation of Main Geomagnetic Field -- Modelling the Earth's Magnetic Field: Wavelet based and Standard Methods -- Improved Parameterization of External Magnetic Fields from CHAMP Measurements -- Monitoring Magnetospheric Contributions using Ground-Based and Satellite Magnetic Data -- Unraveling the Magnetic Mystery of the Earth's Lithosphere: The Background and the Role of the CHAMP Mission -- A Comparison of Global Lithospheric Field Models Derived from Satellite Magnetic Data -- Mapping the Lithospheric Magnetic Field from CHAMP Scalar and Vector Magnetic Data -- Improving the Definition of Cratonic Boundaries Utilizing the Lithospheric Magnetic Field derived from CHAMP Observations -- Crustal Magnetisation Distribution Deduced from CHAMP Data -- Multiscale Downward Continuation of CHAMP FGM-Data for Crustal Field Modelling -- CHAMP Enhances Utility of Satellite Magnetic Observations to Augment Near-Surface Magnetic Survey Coverage -- Comparing Magsat, Ørsted and CHAMP crustal Magnetic Anomaly Data over the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, Russia -- CHAMP, Ørsted, and Magsat Magnetic Anomalies of the Antarctic Lithosphere -- Separation of External Magnetic Signal for Induction Studies -- Two-dimensional Spatiotemporal Modelling of Satellite Electromagnetic Induction Signals -- Night-time Ionospheric Currents -- Multiscale Determination of Radial Current Distribution from CHAMP FGM-Data. , Ionospheric Currents from CHAMP Magnetic Field Data - Comparison with Ground Based Measurements -- Mapping of Field-Aligned Current Patterns during Northward IMF. -- Field-aligned Currents Inferred from Low-Altitude Earth-Orbiting Satellites and Ionospheric Currents Inferred from Ground-Based Magnetometers - Do They Render Consistent Results? -- Neutral Atmosphere and Ionosphere -- GPS Radio Occultation with CHAMP -- Validation and Data Quality of CHAMP Radio Occultation Data -- Global Climate Monitoring based on CHAMP/GPS Radio Occultation Data -- Initial Results on Ionosphere/Plasmasphere Sounding based on GPS Data Obtained On Board CHAMP -- Backpropagation Processing of GPS Radio Occultation Data -- Combination of NOAA16/ATOVS Brightness Temperatures and the CHAMP Data to get Temperature and Humidity Profiles -- An Improvement of Retrieval Techniques for Ionospheric Radio Occultations -- Validation of Water Vapour Profiles from GPS Radio Occultations in the Arctic -- Comparison of DMI Retrieval of CHAMP Occultation Data with ECMWF -- The Assimilation of Radio Occultation Measurements -- Status of Ionospheric Radio Occultation CHAMP Data Analysis and Validation of Higher Level Data Products -- NWP Model Specific Humidities Compared with CHAMP/GPS and TERRA/MODIS Data -- Analysis of Gravity Waves from Radio Occultation Measurements -- GPS Atmosphere and Ionosphere Methods used on Ørsted Data and Initial Application on CHAMP Data -- Combining Radio Occultation Measurements with Other Instruments to Map the Ionospheric Electron Concentration. -- Vertical Gradients of Refractivity in the Mesosphere and Atmosphere Retrieved from GPS/MET and CHAMP Radio Occultation Data -- Observation of Reflected Signals in MIR/GEO and GPS/MET Radio Occultation Missions -- Assimilation Experiments of One-dimensional Variational Analyses with GPS/MET Refractivity. , Monitoring the 3 Dimensional Ionospheric Electron Distribution based on GPS Measurements -- Comparison of Three Different Meteorological Datasets (ECMWF, Met Office and NCEP) -- Radio Occultation Data Processing at the COSMIC Data Analysis and Archival Center (CDAAC) -- Verification of CHAMP Radio-Occultation Observations in the Ionosphere Using MIDAS -- Approach to the Cross-Validation of MIPAS and CHAMP Temperature and Water Vapour Profiles -- AUTHOR INDEX -- KEYWORD INDEX.