Combination of ERS-1 and TOPEX altimetry for precise geoid and gravity recovery in the Mediterranean Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 285-302

  Arabelos, D ^a   Tziavos, I N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fourier transforms; Geoid; Gravity anomalies; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; ERS-1; ERS-1 DATA; GEODESY; GEOID; GEOID HEIGHT; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY ANOMALY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPEX; TOPEX DATA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0029776226     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06551.x     Document Type: Article

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