Non-tidal ocean loading effects on geodetic GPS heights

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Williams, S D P ^a   Penna, N T ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOADING; TIME SERIES;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HEIGHT ESTIMATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; OCEAN LOADING; OCEAN MODEL; REGIONAL MODEL; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GPS; HEIGHT; LOADING; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 79956339154     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046940     Document Type: Article

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