Globally covering a-priori regional gravity covariance models

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 143-147

  Arabelos, D ^a   Tscherning, C C ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Covariance function; GOCE mission; Spacewise approach

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRAVITY ANOMALY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 11944266138     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-1-143-2003     Document Type: Article

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