Global surface mass from a new combination of GRACE, modelled OBP and reprocessed GPS data

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-71

  Rietbroek, R ^a   Fritsche, M ^b   Brunnabend, S E ^c   Daras, I ^d   Kusche, J ^a   Schroter J ^c   Flechtner, F ^d   Dietrich, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geocenter motion; Joint inversion; Ocean bottom pressure

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM PRESSURE; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; GRACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; SMOOTHING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AMAZONIA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84863835381     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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