Estimated effects of the vertical structure of atmospheric mass on the time-variable geoid

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Swenson, Sean ^a   Wahr, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure; GRACE; Satellite gravity; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOID; GRAVITY FIELD; SATELLITE MISSION; WATER MASS;

EID: 0037058534     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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