Can surface pressure be used to remove atmospheric contributions from GRACE data with sufficient accuracy to recover hydrological signals?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B8, 2001, Pages 16415-16434

  Velicogna, Isabella ^a   Wahr, John ^a   Van Den Dool, Huug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; GEODESY; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; SATELLITE MISSION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0034801293     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000228     Document Type: Article

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