Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) alias error from ocean tides

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Seo, Ki Weon ^a,b   Wilson, C R ^c   Han, S C ^d,e   Waliser, Duane E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELING; OCEAN TIDE; SATELLITE DATA;

ALIAS;

EID: 44449150300     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004747     Document Type: Article

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