Efficient and rapid estimation of the accuracy of GRACE global gravitational field using the semi-analytical method

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1704-1710

  Zheng, Wei ^a,b   Hsu, Houtse ^a   Zhong, Min ^a   Yun, Mei Juan ^c   Zhou, Xu Hua ^a   Peng, Bi Bo ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Combined error model; Global gravitational field; GRACE; Semi analytical method

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOID; GPS; GRAVITY FIELD; MODELING; SATELLITE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 62749101242     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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