Evaluation of Release-05 GRACE time-variable gravity coefficients over the ocean

Ocean Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 859-868

  Chambers, D P ^a   Bonin, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; GRACE; LATITUDE; MAPPING METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867836833     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-8-859-2012     Document Type: Article

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