Changes in total ocean mass derived from GRACE, GPS, and ocean modeling with weekly resolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Rietbroek, R ^a   Brunnabend, S E ^c   Dahle, C ^a   Kusche, J ^a,b   Flechtner, F ^a   Schroter J ^c   Timmermann, R ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVITATION; TIME SERIES;

ANNUAL AMPLITUDE; CONSISTENT ESTIMATION; ESTIMATED MODEL; GEOCENTER MOTION; GLOBAL NETWORKS; GRAVITY CHANGES; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER-DEGREE COEFFICIENTS; IN-LINE; IN-SITU; LARGE-SCALE DEFORMATION; LEAST-SQUARES INVERSION; MASS CHANGE; MASS CORRECTION; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MODEL ERRORS; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN MODELING; PRESSURE TIME; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; GPS; MODEL TEST; RESOLUTION; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; TIME SERIES;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 76749122040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005449     Document Type: Article

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