Gravity and Topography of the Terrestrial Planets

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 165-206

  Wieczorek, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Admittance; Coherence; Earth; Geoid; Gravity; Localized spectral estimation; Mars; Moon; Spherical harmonics; Topography; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882907026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00156-5     Document Type: Chapter

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