Seasonal variations in low degree zonal harmonics of the Earth's gravity field from satellite laser ranging observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B2, 1999, Pages 2667-2681

  Cheng, Minkang ^a   Tapley, Byron D ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FIELD; SATELLITE; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033540677     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900036     Document Type: Article

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