Geocenter variations derived from GPS tracking of the GRACE satellites

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 895-901

  Kang, Zhigui ^a   Tapley, Byron ^a   Chen, Jianli ^a   Ries, John ^a   Bettadpur, Srinivas ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Geocenter; GPS; GRACE; Orbit determination

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOPOTENTIAL; GPS; ORBIT DETERMINATION; POSITIONING SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRACKING;

EID: 70349585277     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-009-0307-4     Document Type: Article

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