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Satellite gravity and the geosphere : contributions to the study of the solid earth and its fluid envelope

Title
Satellite gravity and the geosphere : contributions to the study of the solid earth and its fluid envelope / Committee on Earth Gravity from Space [and others].
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors
U.S. Geodynamics Committee. Committee on Earth Gravity from Space.
Description
xii, 112 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 28 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-112).
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Mission Scenarios and Measurement Techniques -- 3. The Gravity Field as a Tool for Science -- 4. Ocean Dynamics and Heat Flux -- 5. Solid Earth Processes -- 6. Water Cycling -- 7. Sea-Level Change -- 8. The Dynamic Atmosphere: Unraveling the Contributions of the Earth's Subsystems -- 9. Conclusions -- App. A. Spherical Harmonics: Degree Variances, Wavelengths, Upward Continuation, Anomalous Potentials, Signal and Error Spectra, and Gaussian Averages -- App. B. Modeling.
ISBN
0309057922
LCCN
97067450
OCLC
  • 37781152
  • ocm37781152
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries