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Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
8554
World Ranking
5703
National Ranking
410

Best Publications

  • Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change.

    Byron D. Tapley;Michael M. Watkins;Frank Flechtner;Christoph Reigber

  • Extending the Global Mass Change Data Record: GRACE Follow-On Instrument and Science Data Performance

    Felix W. Landerer;Frank M. Flechtner;Frank M. Flechtner;Himanshu Save;Frank H. Webb

  • An Earth gravity field model complete to degree and order 150 from GRACE: EIGEN-GRACE02S

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  • EIGEN-6C4 - The latest combined global gravity field model including GOCE data up to degree and order 1949 of GFZ Potsdam and GRGS Toulouse

    C. Förste;S. Bruinsma;Oleh Abrykosov;Frank Flechtner

  • GRACE observations of changes in continental water storage

    Roland Schmidt;Peter Schwintzer;Frank Flechtner;Christoph Reigber

  • ICGEM – 15 years of successful collection and distribution of global gravitational models, associated services, and future plans

    E. Sinem Ince;Franz Barthelmes;Sven Reißland;Kirsten Elger

  • The GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam/Groupe de Recherche de Gèodésie Spatiale satellite-only and combined gravity field models: EIGEN-GL04S1 and EIGEN-GL04C

    Christoph Förste;Roland Schmidt;Richard Stubenvoll;Frank Flechtner

  • A new high-resolution model of non-tidal atmosphere and ocean mass variability for de-aliasing of satellite gravity observations: AOD1B RL06

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  • In-Orbit Performance of the GRACE Follow-on Laser Ranging Interferometer.

    Klaus Abich;Alexander Abramovici;Bengie Amparan;Andreas Baatzsch

  • GFZ GRACE Level-2 Processing Standards Document for Level-2 Product Release 0005 : revised edition, January 2013

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  • What Can be Expected from the GRACE-FO Laser Ranging Interferometer for Earth Science Applications?

    Frank Flechtner;Karl-Hans Neumayer;Christoph Dahle;Henryk Dobslaw

  • GFZ GRACE Level-2 Processing Standards Document for Level-2 Product Release 0005

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  • Hydrological Signals Observed by the GRACE Satellites

    R. Schmidt;F. Flechtner;U. Meyer;K.-H. Neumayer

  • Estimation of steric sea level variations from combined GRACE and Jason-1 data

    A. Lombard;D. Garcia;G. Ramillien;A. Cazenave

  • EIGEN-GL05C - A new global combined high-resolution GRACE-based gravity field model of the GFZ-GRGS cooperation

    Christoph Förste;Frank Flechtner;R. Schmidt;R. Stubenvoll

  • Status of the GRACE Follow-On Mission

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  • Simulating high‐frequency atmosphere‐ocean mass variability for dealiasing of satellite gravity observations: AOD1B RL05

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  • EIGEN-6 – A new combined global gravity field model including GOCE data from the collaboration of GFZ Potsdam and GRGS Toulouse

    Christoph Förste;S. Bruinsma;R. Shako;J.-C. Marty

  • A high resolution global gravity field model combining CHAMP and GRACE satellite mission and surface data: EIGEN-CG01C

    Christoph Reigber;P. Schwintzer;Richard Stubenvoll;R. Schmidt

  • EIGEN-6C3 - The latest Combined Global Gravity Field Model including GOCE data up to degree and order 1949 of GFZ Potsdam and GRGS Toulouse

    C. Foerste;S. Bruinsma;F. Flechtner;O. Abrykosov

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Jäggi
Adrian Jäggi University of Bern
Byron D Tapley
Byron D Tapley The University of Texas at Austin
Michael M. Watkins
Michael M. Watkins California Institute of Technology
Andreas Güntner
Andreas Güntner University of Potsdam
Christoph Reigber
Christoph Reigber Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Benoit Meyssignac
Benoit Meyssignac Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales
Felix W. Landerer
Felix W. Landerer California Institute of Technology
Sean Bruinsma
Sean Bruinsma Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales
Guillaume Ramillien
Guillaume Ramillien Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Anny Cazenave
Anny Cazenave Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

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