Satellite Altimetry in Geodesy and Oceanography

The book content corresponds to a course of the International Summer School of Theoretical Geodesy held every 4 years under the sponsorship of the International Association of Geodesy. This particular course, that was given at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, has been ded...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rummel, Reiner (Editor), Sansò, Fernando (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1993, 1993
Edition:1st ed. 1993
Series:Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Physics of the ocean circulation
  • Theory of ocean tides with application to altimetry
  • Quantifying time-varying oceanographic signals with altimetry
  • Principle of satellite altimetry and elimination of radial orbit errors
  • Orbit choice and the theory of radial orbit error for altimetry
  • Theory of geodetic B.V.P.s. applied to the analysis of altimetric data
  • Use of altimeter data in estimating global gravity models
  • The direct estimation of the potential coefficients by biorthogonal sequences
  • Frozen orbits and their application in satellite altimetry
  • Integration of gravity and altimeter data by optimal estimation techniques
  • Comparing the UK Fine Resolution Antarctic Model (FRAM)