On the estimation of the regional geoid error in Canada

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Volumn 130, Issue , 2007, Pages 272-279

  Huang, J ^a   Fotopoulos, G ^b   Cheng, M K ^c   Veronneau M ^a   Sideris, M G ^d  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Error estimation; Geoid; Gravity

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; COVARIANCE MATRICES; ERROR INFORMATION; GEOID; GEOID HEIGHTS; GRAVITY DATA; VARIANCE COMPONENT ESTIMATION;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; GRAVITATION; TOOLS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 80052103092     PISSN: 09399585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49350-1_41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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