Validation of GOCE gravity field models by means of orbit residuals and geoid comparisons

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 845-860

  Gruber, Th ^a   Visser, P N A M ^b   Ackermann, Ch ^a   Hosse, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geoid; GOCE; Gravity Field; Orbit; Validation

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GEOID; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORBIT DETERMINATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054093372     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0486-7     Document Type: Article

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