GOCE quick-look gravity solution: Application of the semianalytic approach in the case of data gaps and non-repeat orbits

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 435-453

  Preimesberger, T ^a   Pail, R ^b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Field analysis; GOCE; Quick look gravity; Semianalytic approach; Spherical harmonics

Indexed keywords

GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 0042287968     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024795030800     Document Type: Article

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