Effect of the satellite laser ranging network distribution on geocenter motion estimation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Collilieux, X ^a   Altamimi, Z ^a   Ray, J ^b   Van Dam, T ^c   Wu, X ^d  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE;

EID: 69249187970     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005727     Document Type: Article

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