Spherical slepian functions and the polar gap in geodesy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1039-1061

  Simons, Frederik J ^a   Dahlen, F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Inverse theory; Satellite geodesy; Spectral analysis; Spherical harmonics; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; INVERSE PROBLEM; POTENTIAL FIELD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747615027     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03065.x     Document Type: Article

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