Land motion estimates from GPS at tide gauges: A geophysical evaluation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-209

  Bouin, M N ^a,b   Woppelmann G ^c  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Reference systems; Satellite geodesy; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GEODESY; GPS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 73049117095     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04411.x     Document Type: Article

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