Noise variance estimation and optimal weight determination for GOCE gravity recovery

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 81-85

  Kusche, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combination solutions; GOCE; Gravity field modelling; Variance component estimation; Weight estimation

Indexed keywords

EARTH; GRAVITY FIELD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748038798     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-1-81-2003     Document Type: Article

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