On the a priori estimation of collocation error covariance functions: A feasibility study

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 527-533

  Arabelos, D N ^a   Forsberg, R ^b   Tscherning, C C ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Geoid; Gravity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; GEOID; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547219429     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03460.x     Document Type: Article

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