GRACE measurements of mass variability in the Earth system

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5683, 2004, Pages 503-505

  Tapley, Byron D ^a   Bettadpur, Srinivas ^a   Ries, John C ^a   Thompson, Paul F ^a   Watkins, Michael M ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE); HYDROLOGISTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

GRAVITATION;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

GEODESY; GEOID; GRAVITY FIELD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CLIMATE; GRAVITY; HYDROLOGY; MASS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 3242800338     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1099192     Document Type: Article

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