Least-squares multi-spacecraft gradient calculation with automatic error estimation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3295-3316

  De Keyser, J ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HEURISTICS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; SPACECRAFT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 54849416433     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3295-2008     Document Type: Article

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