Estimating geocenter variations from a combination of GRACE and ocean model output

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Swenson, Sean ^a   Chambers, Don ^b   Wahr, John ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 55949114759     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005338     Document Type: Article

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