GOCE gradiometer validation by GPS

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1630-1637

  Visser, P N A M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Calibration; GOCE; GPS; Gradiometry; Scale factor; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAGNETOMETERS; SATELLITES; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

BIAS; GRADIOMETRY; SCALE FACTORS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34347210673     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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