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Pieter Visser is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Space Satellite Systems and Control, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Pieter Visser include Advances in Space Research, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, and Aerospace Science and Technology.

Some notable recent papers by Pieter Visser are:

  • MICROSCOPE Mission: Final Results of the Test of the Equivalence Principle, 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • Lower-thermosphere-ionosphere (LTI) quantities: current status of measuring techniques and models, 2021, Annales Geophysicae
  • Description of the multi-approach gravity field models from Swarm GPS data, 2020, Earth system science data
  • The science case and challenges of space-borne sub-millimeter interferometry, 2022, University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)
  • New thermosphere neutral mass density and crosswind datasets from CHAMP, GRACE, and GRACE-FO, 2023, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Pieter Visser often collaborates with several coauthors. Frequent colleagues include Christian Siemes, José van den IJssel, Leonid Gurvits, Jeannette Heiligers, and Dominic Dirkx.

Best Publications

  • Precise orbit determination and gravity field improvement for the ERS satellites

    Remko Scharroo;Pieter Visser

  • MICROSCOPE Mission: First Results of a Space Test of the Equivalence Principle.

    Pierre Touboul;Gilles Métris;Manuel Rodrigues;Yves André

  • The Swarm Satellite Constellation Application and Research Facility (SCARF) and Swarm data products

    Nils Olsen;Eigil Friis-Christensen;Rune Floberghagen;Patrick Alken;Patrick Alken

  • Altimetry for the future: building on 25 years of progress

    Saleh Abdalla;Abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi;Michaël Ablain;Susheel Adusumilli

  • Dedicated gravity field missions—principles and aims

    R. Rummel;G Balmino;J. Johannessen;Pnam Visser

  • Precise GRACE baseline determination using GPS

    Remco Kroes;Oliver Montenbruck;William Bertiger;Pieter Visser

  • Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Mission

    G. Balmino;R. Rummel;P. Visser;P. L. Woodworth

  • Precise science orbits for the Swarm satellite constellation

    Jose van den IJssel;João Encarnação;Eelco Doornbos;Pieter Visser

  • Zonal winds in the equatorial upper thermosphere: Decomposing the solar flux, geomagnetic activity, and seasonal dependencies

    Huixin Liu;Hermann Lühr;Shigeto Watanabe;Wolfgang Köhler

  • Energy Integral Method For Gravity Field Determination From Satellite Orbit Coordinates

    P.N.A.M. Visser;N. Sneeuw;C. Gerlach

  • GPS-derived orbits for the GOCE satellite

    Heike Bock;Adrian Jäggi;Ulrich Meyer;Pieter Visser

  • Validation of GOCE gravity field models by means of orbit residuals and geoid comparisons

    Th. Gruber;P. N. A. M. Visser;Ch. Ackermann;M. Hosse

  • The European Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Satellite Mission: Its Impact on Geophysics

    J. A. Johannessen;J. A. Johannessen;G. Balmino;C. Le Provost;R. Rummel

  • Efficient gravity field recovery from GOCE gravity gradient observations

    R. Klees;R. Koop;P. Visser;J. van den IJssel

  • GOCE gravitational gradients along the orbit

    Johannes Bouman;Sophie Fiorot;Martin Fuchs;Thomas Gruber

  • CHAMP gravity field recovery using the energy balance approach

    Ch. Gerlach;N. Sneeuw;P. Visser;D. Švehla

  • CHAMP and GRACE accelerometer calibration by GPS-based orbit determination

    Tom Van Helleputte;Eelco Doornbos;Pieter Visser

  • Tracking and orbit determination performance of the GRAS instrument on MetOp-A

    Oliver Montenbruck;Yago Andres;Heike Bock;Tom van Helleputte

  • High Performance Clocks and Gravity Field Determination

    J Muller;Dominic Dirkx;S.M. Kopeikin;G. Lion

  • Calibration of GOCE SGG data using high–low SST, terrestrial gravity data and global gravity field models

    J. Bouman;R. Koop;C. C. Tscherning;P. Visser

  • GPS-based precise orbit determination of the very low Earth-orbiting gravity mission GOCE

    P. N. A. M. Visser;J. van den IJssel

  • Estimating low resolution gravity fields at short time intervals to reduce temporal aliasing errors

    David N. Wiese;Pieter Visser;Robert S. Nerem

  • Exploring gravity field determination from orbit perturbations of the European Gravity Mission GOCE

    P. N. A. M. Visser;J. van den IJssel;R. Koop;R. Klees

Frequent Co-Authors

Eelco Doornbos
Eelco Doornbos Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Adrian Jäggi
Adrian Jäggi University of Bern
Nico Sneeuw
Nico Sneeuw University of Stuttgart
Ernst Schrama
Ernst Schrama Delft University of Technology
Herman Terryn
Herman Terryn Vrije Universiteit Brussel
C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
Urs Hugentobler
Urs Hugentobler Technical University of Munich
Johannes M. C. Mol
Johannes M. C. Mol Delft University of Technology
Claudia Stolle
Claudia Stolle Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Rostock University
Reiner Rummel
Reiner Rummel Technical University of Munich

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