The design of an optimal filter for monthly GRACE gravity models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 417-432

  Klees, R ^a   Revtova, E A ^a   Gunter, B C ^a   Ditmar, P ^a   Oudman, E ^a   Winsemius, H C ^a   Savenije, H H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Satellite geodesy; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DESIGN; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEODESY; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGY; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 54849404713     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03922.x     Document Type: Article

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