Needs and tools for future gravity measuring missions

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 409-416

  Aguirre Martinez, Miguel ^a   Sneeuw, Nico ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

GOCE; GRACE; Gravity field; Satellite missions; Technology developments

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ALTITUDE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ASTRONOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; GRAVITY; INSTRUMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; SENSOR; SPACE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0242364103     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026287715375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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