The use of gravimetric data from GRACE mission in the understanding of polar motion variations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 614-622

  Seoane, L ^a   Nastula, J ^b   Bizouard, C ^a   Gambis, D ^a  

^a Laboratoire Systemes de Reference Temps Espace   (France)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

Earth rotation variations; Time series analysis; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY SURVEY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLAR MOTION; SATELLITE MISSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 67749127357     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04181.x     Document Type: Article

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