A study on the combination of satellite, airborne, and terrestrial gravity data

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-225

  Kern, M ^a   Schwarz, K P ^a   Sneeuw, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravity field determination; Least squares spectral combination; Quasi deterministic weight determination

Indexed keywords

GEOID; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0041767505     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-003-0313-x     Document Type: Article

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