Correction of inconsistencies in ECMWF's operational analysis data during de-aliasing of GRACE gravity models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2150-2158

  Fagiolini, E ^a   Flechtner, F ^a   Horwath, M ^b   Dobslaw, H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaciology; Satellite geodesy; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; ORBITS; TRACKING (POSITION); WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLACIOLOGY; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; SATELLITE GEODESY; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SPHERICAL HARMONIC COEFFICIENT; TIME-VARIABLE GRAVITY;

GRAVITATION;

ALTIMETRY; GEODESY; GEOID; GLACIOLOGY; GRACE; GRAVITY FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84940093585     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv276     Document Type: Article

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