COSMIC: Geodetic applications in improving earth's gravity model

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 365-378

  Chao, Benjamin F ^a   Pavlis, Erricos C ^a   Hwang, Cheinway ^b   Liu, Chi Ching ^c   Shum, C K ^d   Tseng, Ching Liang ^e   Yang, Ming ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gravity field; Gravity model; Orbit determination; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034417714     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2000.11.1.365(COSMIC)     Document Type: Article

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