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Overview

Roland Pail is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. The researcher's work spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Physics and Astronomy. These broad fields are complemented by several subfields including Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, and Geophysics.

The research topics covered by Roland Pail concentrate on geophysical phenomena and measurement methods. These encompass Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, GNSS positioning and interference, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, as well as Statistical and numerical algorithms.

Frequent publication venues for Roland Pail include:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Journal of Geodesy
  • Remote Sensing
  • Surveys in Geophysics
  • Earth Planets and Space

Several papers illustrate the recent focus and output of this researcher:

  • "The combined global gravity field model XGM2019e", 2020, Journal of Geodesy
  • "GOCO06s - a satellite-only global gravity field model", 2021, Earth system science data
  • "Colorado geoid computation experiment: overview and summary", 2021, Journal of Geodesy
  • "Strategy for the realisation of the International Height Reference System (IHRS)", 2021, Journal of Geodesy
  • "Mass-change And Geosciences International Constellation (MAGIC) expected impact on science and applications", 2023, Geophysical Journal International

Collaborations have been frequent with several co-authors, including:

  • Philipp Zingerle
  • Ilias Daras
  • Thomas Gruber
  • Petro Abrykosov
  • Martin Willberg

The research contributions primarily focus on geophysical data and satellite-based gravity field modelling, with work appearing regularly in journals dedicated to geodesy and geophysics. The intensity of publication in geosciences-related venues suggests sustained contributions to Earth observation and the understanding of gravity fields in a planetary context.

Best Publications

  • First GOCE gravity field models derived by three different approaches

    Roland Pail;Sean Bruinsma;Federica Migliaccio;Christoph Förste

  • New ultrahigh‐resolution picture of Earth's gravity field

    Christian Hirt;Sten Claessens;Thomas Fecher;Michael Kuhn

  • The combined global gravity field model XGM2019e

    P. Zingerle;R. Pail;T. Gruber;X. Oikonomidou

  • Combined satellite gravity field model GOCO01S derived from GOCE and GRACE

    Roland Pail;Helmut Goiginger;Wolf-Dieter Schuh;Eduard Höck

  • EGM_TIM_RL05: An independent geoid with centimeter accuracy purely based on the GOCE mission

    Jan Martin Brockmann;Norbert Zehentner;Eduard Höck;Eduard Höck;Roland Pail

  • The new combined satellite only model GOCO03s

    Torsten Mayer-Gürr;Daniel Rieser;Eduard Hoeck;Jan Martin Brockmann

  • GOCO06s – a satellite-only global gravity field model

    Andreas Kvas;Jan Martin Brockmann;Sandro Krauss;Sandro Krauss;Till Schubert

  • Science and User Needs for Observing Global Mass Transport to Understand Global Change and to Benefit Society

    Roland Pail;Rory J Bingham;Carla Braitenberg;Henryk Dobslaw

  • The combined satellite-only global gravity field model GOCO02S

    H. Goiginger;E. Höck;D. Rieser;T. Mayer Gürr

  • Short note: the experimental geopotential model XGM2016

    R. Pail;T. Fecher;D. Barnes

  • Assessment of three numerical solution strategies for gravity field recovery from GOCE satellite gravity gradiometry implemented on a parallel platform

    R. Pail;G. Plank

  • Definition and Proposed Realization of the International Height Reference System (IHRS)

    Johannes Ihde;Laura Sánchez;Riccardo Barzaghi;Hermann Drewes

  • GOCE gravity field model derived from orbit and gradiometry data applying the time-wise method

    R. Pail;H. Goiginger;R. Mayrhofer;W.-D. Schuh

  • Precise Three-Dimensional Stereo Localization of Corner Reflectors and Persistent Scatterers With TerraSAR-X

    Christoph Gisinger;Ulrich Balss;Roland Pail;Xiao Xiang Zhu

  • An initial estimate of the North Atlantic steady-state geostrophic circulation from GOCE

    R.J. Bingham;Per Knudsen;Ole Baltazar Andersen;R. Pail

  • Study of the Earth's short-scale gravity field using the ERTM2160 gravity model

    Christian Hirt;Michael Kuhn;Sten Claessens;Roland Pail

  • GOCO05c: A New Combined Gravity Field Model Based on Full Normal Equations and Regionally Varying Weighting

    T. Fecher;R. Pail;T. Gruber

  • GOCE data processing: the Spherical Cap Regularization Approach

    Bernhard Metzler;Roland Pail

  • Colorado geoid computation experiment: overview and summary

    Yan Ming Wang;Laura Sánchez;Jonas Ågren;Jianliang Huang

  • The combined satellite gravity field model GOCO05s

    T. Mayer-Gürr;R. Pail;R. Fecher;Th. gruber

  • Upgrade of the GOCE Level 1b gradiometer processor

    Claudia Stummer;Christian Siemes;Roland Pail;Björn Frommknecht

  • GOCE data, models, and applications: A review

    M. van der Meijde;R. Pail;Rory J Bingham;R. Floberghagen

  • GOCE Gravity Field Model Derived from Orbit and Gradiometry Data

    Roland Pail;Helmut Goiginger;Reinhard Mayrhofer;Wolf-Dieter Schuh

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Jäggi
Adrian Jäggi University of Bern
Christian Hirt
Christian Hirt Technical University of Munich
Jürgen Kusche
Jürgen Kusche University of Bonn
Urs Hugentobler
Urs Hugentobler Technical University of Munich
Nico Sneeuw
Nico Sneeuw University of Stuttgart
Bert Wouters
Bert Wouters Utrecht University
Jonathan L. Bamber
Jonathan L. Bamber University of Bristol
Carla Braitenberg
Carla Braitenberg University of Trieste
Gernot Plank
Gernot Plank Medical University of Graz
Mark R. Drinkwater
Mark R. Drinkwater European Space Agency

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