Observing and assessing nontidal ocean loading using ocean, continuous GPS and gravity data in the Adriatic area

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Zerbini, S ^a   Matonti, F ^a   Raicich, F ^b   Richter, B ^c   van Dam, T ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Bundesamt fur Kartographie und Geodasie   (Germany)

^d European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology and The Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

^e Natural History Museum Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

1208 Geodesy and Gravity: Crustal movements Interplate (8110); 1223 Geodesy and Gravity: Ocean Earth atmosphere interactions (3339); 1243 Geodesy and Gravity: Space geodetic surveys; 1299 Geodesy and Gravity: General or miscellaneous; 1829 Hydrology: Groundwater hydrology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELASTIC DEFORMATIONS; NONTIDAL OCEAN LOADING (NTOL); SEA-LEVEL ANOMALIES; TIDE-GAUGES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEODESY; GPS; GRAVIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

EID: 16644366236     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021185     Document Type: Article

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