GOCE gravitational gradients along the orbit

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 791-805

  Bouman, Johannes ^a   Fiorot, Sophie ^b   Fuchs, Martin ^a   Gruber, Thomas ^c   Schrama, Ernst ^d   Tscherning, Christian ^e   Veicherts, Martin ^e   Visser, Pieter ^d  

^a Deutsches Geod atisches Forschungsinstitut DGFI   (Germany)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

External calibration; GOCE; Gravitational gradients; Tensor rotation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; GOCE; GRAVITY FIELD; ORBIT DETERMINATION;

EID: 80054103874     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0464-0     Document Type: Article

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