Sensitivity of superconducting gravimeters in central Europe on variations in regional river and drainage basins

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 651-659

  Kroner, C ^a,b   Weise, A ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Continental water storage; Hydrological models; Superconducting gravimetry

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODING; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER BED; RIVER WATER; WATER MASS; WATER STORAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 80052870018     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0471-1     Document Type: Article

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