Gravity field variations from superconducting gravimeters for GRACE validation

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 3-5, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Weise, A ^a   Kroner, C ^b   Abe, M ^b   Ihde, J ^c   Jentzsch, G ^a   Naujoks, M ^a   Wilmes, H ^c   Wziontek, H ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy   (Germany)

Author keywords

GGP; GRACE; Hydrological gravity effects; Superconducting gravimetry; Temporal gravity field variations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION;

GERMANY; MOXA; THURINGIA;

EID: 72149117386     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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