Dynamic topography as reflected in the global gravity field

Earth Observation with CHAMP: Results from Three Years in Orbit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 199-204

  Kaban, Mikhail K ^a   Schwintzer, Peter ^a   Reigber, Christoph ^a  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

dynamic topography; global gravity field model; isostatic gravity anomalies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860381686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26800-6_32     Document Type: Chapter

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