Earth’s gravity from space

• Published in: Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali
• Main Author: Rummel, Reiner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ocean topography; Gravity field; GOCE; Earth's Gravity Field and Earth Sciences; GRACE; Isostasy; Satellite gravimetry; Global water cycle; Height systems; Earth’s Gravity Field and Earth Sciences; Sputnik; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6471160; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-020-00889-8

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Satellite gravimetry began with the launch of the satellites Sputnik 1 and 2 in 1957. During the following 43 years, more and more details were discovered and the models of the Earth’s gravity could be refined. Methods improved and more and...