The potential of ground gravity measurements to validate GRACE data

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-71

  Crossley, D ^a   Hinderer, J ^b   Llubes, M ^c   Florsch, N ^d  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

GGP; GRACE; Ground truth; Satellite gravity; Superconducting gravimeter

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CORRELATION; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5644256097     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-1-65-2003     Document Type: Article

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