Impact of loading effects on determination of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-154

  Collilieux, Xavier ^a   Altamimi, Zuheir ^a   Coulot, David ^a   van Dam, Tonie ^b   Ray, Jim ^c  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geocenter motion; ITRF; Loading effects; Space geodesy; Terrestrial Reference Frame

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO ASTRONOMY; TIME SERIES; TRACKING (POSITION);

GEOCENTER MOTION; ITRF; LOADING EFFECTS; SPACE GEODESY; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAME;

LOADING;

EID: 71649085131     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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