CHAMP and GRACE resonances, and the gravity field of the Earth

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1604-1611

  Gooding, R H ^a   Wagner, C A ^b   Klokocnik J ^c,d   Kostelecky J ^d,e,f   Gruber, Ch ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d Ctr for Earth Dynamics Res (CEDR)   (Czech Republic)

^e CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GEODESY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CHAMP; GRACE; Gravity field resonances; Lumped coefficients

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; RESONANCE; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

CHAMP; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD RESONANCES; LUMPED COEFFICIENTS;

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 34347237252     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.086     Document Type: Article

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