Improvements in arctic gravity and geoid from CHAMP and GRACE: An evaluation

Earth Observation with CHAMP: Results from Three Years in Orbit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 37-46

  McAdoo, David ^a   Wagner, Carl ^a   Laxon, Seymour ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; CHAMP; geoid; GRACE; gravity; sea ice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147094458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26800-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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