Aliasing effect of high-frequency mass variations on GOCE recovery of the earth's gravity field

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 69-76

  Han, S C ^a   Shum, C K ^a   Ditmar, P ^b   Visser, Pieter ^b   van Beelen, C ^b   Schrama, E J O ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GOCE; Gradiometer; Satellite to satellite tracking; Spherical harmonic analysis; Time variable gravity field

Indexed keywords

GEOID; GRAVITY FIELD; SATELLITE DATA; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

EID: 30944467310     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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