Estimation of nutation using the Global Positioning System

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B3, 1999, Pages 4835-4859

  Rothacher, M ^a   Beutler, G ^a   Herring, Thomas A ^b   Weber, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GPS; NUTATION;

EID: 0033541063     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900078     Document Type: Article

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