Seasonal effect on vertical positioning by Satellite Laser Ranging and Global Positioning System and on absolute gravity at the OCA geodetic station, Grasse, France

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1127-1137

  Nicolas, Joelle ^a   Nocquet, J M ^b   Van Camp, M ^c   van Dam, T ^d   Boy, J P ^e   Hinderer, J ^e   Gegout, P ^e   Calais, E ^f   Amalvict, M ^e  

^a ESGT/CNAM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^e UMR 7063   (France)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Geodynamics; Global Positioning System (GPS); Gravity; Satellite geodesy; Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR)

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LASER;

EID: 33845344686     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03205.x     Document Type: Article

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