GRACE's spatial aliasing error

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Seo, Ki Weon ^a,d   Wilson, Clark R ^b   Chen, Jianli ^c   Waliser, Duane E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Satellite geodesy; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GRAVITY FIELD; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SATELLITE MISSION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; TRACKING;

ALIAS;

EID: 37449015411     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03611.x     Document Type: Article

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