Non-singular expressions for the vector and the gradient tensor of gravitation in a geocentric spherical frame

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1762-1768

  Eshagh, Mehdi ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Associated Legendre functions; Non singularity; Normalization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; GRADIENT METHODS; MATLAB; POLES; TENSORS;

ASSOCIATED LEGENDRE FUNCTIONS; GRADIENT TENSORS; GRAVITATIONAL GRADIENTS; GRAVITATIONAL VECTOR; LEGENDRE FUNCTIONS; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; NON-SINGULARITY; NORMALIZATION; NORTH POLE; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; SECOND DERIVATIVES; SECOND-ORDER DERIVATIVES;

VECTORS;

GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GRAVITY SURVEY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOFTWARE; VECTOR;

EID: 52049091469     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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