Effects of atmospheric pressure loading and seven-parameter transformations on estimates of geocenter motion and station heights from space geodetic observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Tregoning, Paul ^a   van Dam, T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH TIDE; GEODESY; LOADING;

EID: 21844440861     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003334     Document Type: Article

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