Consistency of Earth Rotation, Gravity, and Shape Measurements

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Volumn 133, Issue , 2009, Pages 463-471

  Gross, Richard S ^a   Lavallée, David A ^b   Blewitt, Geoffrey ^c   Clarke, Peter J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth rotation; Earth shape; Gravity; Surface mass density

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

BOTTOM PRESSURES; EARTH ROTATION; EARTH SHAPE; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SHAPE MEASUREMENTS; SPHERICAL HARMONIC COEFFICIENT; SURFACE MASS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 84862159797     PISSN: 09399585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85426-5_56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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