Geophysical applicability of atomic clocks: Direct continental geoid mapping

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-82

  Bondarescu, Ruxandra ^a   Bondarescu, Mihai ^b,c   Hetényi, György ^d   Boschi, Lapo ^a,d   Jetzer, Philippe ^a   Balakrishna, Jayashree ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Universitatea de Vest   (Romania)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Harris Stowe State University St Louis   (United States)

Author keywords

Geopotential theory; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Inverse theory; Space geodetic surveys

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY LEVEL; CLOCK RATE; DENSITY ANOMALIES; DEPTH SENSITIVITY; DIRECT METHOD; EARTH STRUCTURES; EARTH'S CRUST; EARTH'S GRAVITY FIELDS; EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES; FREQUENCY RATIOS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GEOPOTENTIALS; GRAVITY DATA; GRAVITY FIELD; INVERSE THEORY; LEAST SQUARE; SATELLITE MISSION; SHAPE APPROXIMATES; SPACE GEODETIC SURVEYS; SUBSURFACE DENSITY;

EARTH (PLANET); MAPPING; SEA LEVEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODESY; GEOID; GEOPOTENTIAL; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAPPING; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 84866363418     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05636.x     Document Type: Article

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