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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Volume 94, Issue 31 p. 269-270
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More Than 50 Years of Progress in Satellite Gravimetry

Johannes Bouman,

Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI), Munich, Germany

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Rune Floberghagen,

European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy

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Reiner Rummel,

Institut für Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie (IAPG), Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany

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First published: 30 July 2013
https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO310001
Citations: 6

Abstract

“What's up?” is a question that is answered by the gravity field. Gravity not only determines what is up and down but also reflects the Earth's mass distribution and its changes with time.