Assessment of EGM2008 in Europe using accurate astrogeodetic vertical deflections and omission error estimates from SRTM/DTM2006.0 residual terrain model data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Hirt, C ^a   Marti, U ^b   Burki B ^c   Featherstone, W E ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Swisstopo   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DATA SET; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODETIC NETWORK; GRAVITY ANOMALY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EUROPE;

EID: 77958135355     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007057     Document Type: Article

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