A statistical filtering approach for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) gravity data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Davis, J L ^a   Tamisiea, M E ^a,b   Elosegui P ^c   Mitrovica, J X ^d   Hill, E M ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GPS; GRAVITY FIELD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SMOOTHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER STORAGE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45149120705     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005043     Document Type: Article

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