The DNSC08GRA global marine gravity field from double retracked satellite altimetry

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-199

  Andersen, Ole Baltazar ^a   Knudsen, Per ^a   Berry, Philippa A M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global marine gravity field; Retracking; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERS-1; GEODESY; GEOSAT; GRAVITY FIELD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TRACKING;

EID: 77952385567     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-009-0355-9     Document Type: Article

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