Prediction of vertical deflections from high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis and residual terrain model data

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-190

  Hirt, Christian ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earth gravitational model EGM2008; Residual terrain model (RTM); Spherical harmonic synthesis; Vertical deflection

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEFLECTION; ELEVATION; GEODESY; GRAVITY FIELD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951048018     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-009-0354-x     Document Type: Article

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