Separation of mass signals within GRACE monthly gravity field models by means of empirical orthogonal functions

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-132

  Schmeer, Martin ^a   Schmidt, Michael ^b   Bosch, Wolfgang ^b   Seitz, Florian ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b German Geodetic Research Institut (DGFI)   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical orthogonal functions; Geophysical models; GRACE; Multivariate Gauss Markov model; Principal component analysis; Signal separation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY SURVEY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84863854572     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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