Geodetic and geophysical results from a Taiwan airborne gravity survey: Data reduction and accuracy assessment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Hwang, Cheinway ^a   Hsiao, Yu Shen ^a   Shih, Hsuan Chang ^a   Yang, Ming ^b   Chen, Kwo Hwa ^c   Forsberg, Rene ^d   Olesen, Arne V ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA PROCESSING; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GPS; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34250747498     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004220     Document Type: Article

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