Simulation study of a follow-on gravity mission to GRACE

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 319-335

  Loomis, Bryant D ^a,b   Nerem, R S ^c   Luthcke, S B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GRACE; Mass transport; Satellite gravimetry; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGY; LASER METHOD; MASS TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

AMAZONIA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84860128850     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-011-0521-8     Document Type: Article

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