Global biomass variation and its geodynamic effects: 1982-98

Earth Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Rodell, M ^a   Chao, B F ^a   Au, A Y ^a   Kimball, J S ^b   McDonald, K C ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Earth rotation variations; Remote sensing; Timevariable gravity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EARTH ROTATION VARIATIONS; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEASUREMENT SENSITIVITY; OBSERVATION UNCERTAINTIES; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY; WATER STORAGE VARIATION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS;

EID: 20044361912     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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