A comparison of GRACE-derived temporal gravity variations with observations of six European superconducting gravimeters

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 545-556

  Abe, M ^a   Kroner, C ^b   Forste C ^a   Petrovic, S ^a   Barthelmes, F ^a   Weise, A ^c   Guntner A ^a   Creutzfeldt, B ^a   Jahr, T ^c   Jentzsch, G ^c   Wilmes, H ^d   Wziontek, H ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Numerical solutions; Satellite geodesy; Satellite gravity; Time variable gravity; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SATELLITE GEODESY; SATELLITE GRAVITY; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY;

GRAVIMETERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEODESY; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE MISSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84867397325     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05641.x     Document Type: Article

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