A new ellipsoidal gravimetric, satellite altimetry and astronomic boundary value problem, a case study: The geoid of Iran

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 545-568

  Safari, Abdolreza ^a   Ardalan, Alireza A ^a   Grafarend, Erik W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronomical observations; Ellipsoidal approximation; Ellipsoidal boundary value problem; Ellipsoidal Bruns' formula; Geoid computations; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSE; GEOID; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 27244458783     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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