Secular variations of the zonal gravity field, global sea level and polar motion as geophysical constraints

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1091-1102

  Klosko, Steven M ^a   Chao, B ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GRAVITY FIELD; POLAR WANDERING; SEA LEVEL; SECULAR VARIATION;

EID: 0032454503     PISSN: 00791946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-1946(98)00149-9     Document Type: Article

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