DEOS Mass Transport model (DMT-1) based on GRACE satellite data: Methodology and validation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 769-788

  Liu, X ^a,c   Ditmar, P ^a   Siemes, C ^a   Slobbe, D C ^a   Revtova, E ^a   Klees, R ^a   Riva, R ^a   Zhao, Q ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Global change from geodesy; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Satellite geodesy; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; GRACE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VICTORIA; MARIE BYRD LAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); SAHARA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77953102260     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04533.x     Document Type: Article

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