Formulation of the boundary-value problem for geoid determination with a higher-degree reference field

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 219-228

  Martinec, Zdeněk ^a   Vaníček, Petr ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Ellipsoidal harmonics; Geoid determination; Gravitational potential

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM; ELLIPSOIDAL HARMONICS; GEOID DETERMINATION; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL;

EID: 0030459564     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05280.x     Document Type: Article

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