Contributions of terrestrial and GRACE data to the study of the secular geoid changes in North America

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 131-143

  Rangelova, Elena ^a   Sideris, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GRACE; Postglacial rebound; Rate of change of geoid

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOID; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELING; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 50549104754     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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