The terrain correction in gravimetric geoid computation - Is it needed?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Sjöberg, Lars E ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geopotential theory; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Satellite geodesy

Indexed keywords

EARTH STRUCTURE; GEODESY; GEOID; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; TERRAIN;

EID: 58149183839     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03851.x     Document Type: Article

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