Global ellipsoid-referenced topographic, bathymetric and stripping corrections to gravity disturbance

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-34

  Vajda, Peter ^a   Ellmann, Artu ^b   Meurers, Bruno ^c   Vanicek P ^d   Novak P ^e,f   Tenzer, R ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GEODESY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Gravity data interpretation; Inverse problem; Relief; Solid and liquid topography; Terrain

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; ELLIPSE; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; INVERSE PROBLEM; TERRAIN;

EID: 43049101712     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-008-0003-5     Document Type: Article

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