Uncertainty estimates of a GRACE inversion modelling technique over greenland using a simulation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-229

  Bonin, Jennifer ^a   Chambers, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic region; Inverse theory; Satellite gravity; Time variable gravity; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC REGIONS; INVERSE THEORY; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; LEAST-SQUARES INVERSION; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE GRAVITY; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INVERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRACE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; GREENLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84879473974     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt091     Document Type: Article

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