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The characteristics of subpolar orbits are such that time differences are much greater than most people think. Two factors must be borne in mind, one relative to the zone swept from west to east by the satellite, the other resulting from the longitudinal displacement of the satellite.
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© 1974 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Pouquet, J. (1974). The Problem of Real Time. In: Earth Sciences in the Age of the Satellite. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2188-3_7
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