J2: An evaluation of new estimates from GPS, GRACE, and load models compared to SLR

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Lavallee D A ^a,b   Moore, P ^b   Clarke, P J ^b   Petrie, E J ^b   Van Dam, T ^c   King, M A ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); TRACKING (POSITION);

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LOAD MODELING; LOADING MODELS; PAST AND PRESENT; RE-DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE LASER RANGING;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GPS; GRACE; MODEL TEST; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SIGNAL;

EID: 78649524803     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045229     Document Type: Article

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