Possible future use of laser gravity gradiometers

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 385-392

  Bender, P L ^a   Nerem, R S ^b   Wahr, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; GEOMETRY; GRADIOMETER; GRAVITY; HYDROLOGY; LASER; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TECHNIQUE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0242364104     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026100130397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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