AGrav-The New International Absolute Gravity Database of BGI and BKG and its benefit for the Global Geodynamics Project (GGP)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Wilmes, H ^a   Wziontek, H ^a   Falk, R ^a   Bonvalot, S ^b  

^a Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie ^*  (Germany)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Absolute gravimeter; Absolute Gravity Database; Calibration; Superconducting gravimeter

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATABASE; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVIMETRY;

EID: 72049128607     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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