Assessing the precision in loading estimates by geodetic techniques in Southern Europe

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1441-1454

  Valty, Pierre ^a   De Viron, Olivier ^b   Panet, Isabelle ^a,b   Van Camp, Michel ^c   Legrand, Julitte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; Global change from geodesy; Space geodetic surveys; Time variable gravity; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; GLOBAL CHANGE FROM GEODESIES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NETWORK OF STATIONS; SPACE GEODETIC SURVEYS; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS;

LOADING;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEODESY; GPS; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84882983686     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt173     Document Type: Article

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