A strategy for determining the regional geoid by combining limited ground data with satellite-based global geopotential and topographical models: A case study of Iran

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 79, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 602-612

  Kiamehr, Ramin ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GPS levelling; GRACE; Gravity database; Iran; Least squares modification of Stokes's formula; Regional geoid determination; SRTM

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOID; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; STOKES FORMULA;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33746648141     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-005-0009-5     Document Type: Article

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