The impact of GRACE, GPS and OBP data on estimates of global mass redistribution

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Jansen, M J F ^a   Gunter, B C ^a   Kusche, J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global change from geodesy; Hydrology; Inverse theory; Satellite geodesy; Spatial analysis; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GPS; GRAVITY FIELD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 63049103780     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04031.x     Document Type: Article

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