Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater GOCE Technical Information and Publications GOCE Mission Related: Journal Publications ESA (1996). Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Mission, ESA SP-1196(1), report for assessment of the nine candidate earth explorer missions. ESA (1999). Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Mission, ESA SP-1233(1), Report for mission selection of the four candidate earth explorer missions, ESA Publications Division, pp. 217, July 1999. Albertella A, F Migliaccio F Sansò (1999). New simulations for the spaceborne gravimetry inversion, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica e Applicata, 40, pp. 277-384. Balmino G., F. Perosanz, R. Rummel, N. Sneeuw, H. Sünkel, P. Woodworth (1998). European Views on Dedicated Gravity Field Missions: GRACE and GOCE, An Earth Sciences Division Consultation Document, ESA, ESD-MAG-REP-CON-001. Balmino G., F. Perosanz, R. Rummel, N. Sneeuw and H. Suenkel (2001). CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE: Mission Concepts and Simulations. Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica e Applicata, 40, 3-4, 309320. Drinkwater, M.R., R. Floberghagen, R. Haagmans, D. Muzi, and A. Popescu, GOCE: ESA’s first Earth Explorer Core mission. In Beutler, G.B., M. R. Drinkwater, R. Rummel, and R. von Steiger, Earth Gravity Field from Space - from Sensors to Earth Sciences. In the Space Sciences Series of ISSI, Vol. 18, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, In Press. Johannessen, J.J., G. Balmino, C. Le Provost, R. Rummel, R. Sabadini, H. Sünkel, C.C. Tscherning, P. Visser, P. Woodworth, C. W. Hughes, P. LeGrand, N. Sneeuw , F. Perosanz, M. AguirreMartinez, H. Rebhan, and M. R. Drinkwater, The European Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Satellite Mission: Impact in Geophysics, Surveys in Geophysics, Accepted for Publication 2002. Klees, R., R. Koop (1998). A gravity mission for Earth sciences, DEOS Progress Letter 98.1:69–88. Klees R., R. Koop, P. Visser, J. van den IJssel, R Rummel (2000). Data analysis for the GOCE mission, in: Geodesy Beyond 2000: The Challenges of the First Decade, KP Schwarz (ed.), IAG symposium 121, pp. 68–74, Springer. Koop, R., P.Visser, and C.C. Tscherning (2001) Aspects of GOCE Calibration. Proceedings Int. GOCE Users Workshop, ESTEC, 23-24 April, 2001. Müller J., N. Sneeuw, R. Rummel (1997). Problems and prospects of the planned gravity missions GOCE and CHAMP, in: Gravity, Geoid and Marine Geodesy, eds. J Segawa, H Fujimoto, S Okubo, IAG symposium 117, pp. 179-187, Springer-Verlag. Müller J, R. Dorobantu, C Gerlach, H Oberndorfer, R Rummel, N Sneeuw, R Koop, P Visser, P Hoyng, A Selig, M Smit (1998). Simulation der Gravitationsfeldmission GOCE, in: W Freeden (ed.), Progress in Geodetic Science at GW 98 (Geodätische Woche 1998), pp. 114- 121, Springer Verlag. 1 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater R. Koop, P.N.A.M. Visser, J. van den IJssel, N. Sneeuw, R. Rummel, J. Mueller, H. Oberndorfer, C. Gerlach, and A. Selig (1998) GOCE Simulation and Analysis, GOCE Phase A1 study, WP1310, Report of SID activities at PCR, SRON/IAPG/DEOS, 15 p., December 1998. Müller J., H. Oberndorfer (1999). Validation of GOCE Simulation, IAPG/FESG series, No. 1, IAPG, T.U. Munich Oberndorfer H., Müller, R. Dorobantu, C. Gerlach, R. Rummel, N. Sneeuw, R. Koop, P. Visser, P. Hoyng, A. Selig, M. Smit (2000). Simulation of the GOCE Gravity Field Mission, in: Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS), R. Rummel, H. Drewes, W. Bosch, H. Hornik (eds.), IAG symposium 120, pp. 201–204, Springer. Rebhan, H., M. Aguirre, J. Johannessen (2000). The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Mission — GOCE, Earth Observation Quarterly, 66:6–11. Rummel R (2002). Global Unification of Height Systems and GOCE, in: Gravity, Geoid and Geodynamics 2000, F Sansò (ed.), IAG symposium, 123, pp. 13-20, Springer. Rummel R., G. Balmino, J. Johannessen, P. Visser, P. Woodworth (2002). Dedicated Gravity Field Missions - Principles and Aims, J. Geodynamics, 33, 3-20. Rummel R., N. Sneeuw, J Müller (1995). Geodetic requirements and prospects: study of gravity explorer mission requirements (a simulation study), GOCE Pre-Phase A study, Inst. fuer Astr. und Phys. Geodäsie, T.U. München. Rummel, R., J. Müller, H. Oberndorfer, N. Sneeuw (2000). Satellite Gravity Gradiometry with GOCE, in: Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS), R. Rummel, H. Drewes, W. Bosch, H. Hornik (eds.), IAG symposium 120, pp. 66–72, Springer. Sneeuw N., J. vd IJssel, R. Koop, P. Visser, C. Gerlach (2002). Validation of fast pre-mission error analysis of the GOCE gradiometry mission by a full gravity field recovery simulation, J. Geodynamics, 33, 43-52. Sneeuw N., C. Gerlach, J. Müller, H. Oberndorfer, R Rummel (2000). Fundamentals and Applications of the Gravity Field Mission GOCE, in: Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS), R. Rummel, H. Drewes, W. Bosch, H. Hornik (eds.), IAG symposium 120, pp. 205–208, Springer. Tscherning, C.C., D. Arabelos and G. Strykowski: The 1-cm geoid after GOCE. Prepared for GGG2000, Banff, August 2000. Visser, P.N.A.M., and J. van den IJssel (2000), GPS-based precise orbit determination of the very low Earth orbiting gravity mission GOCE, J. Geod., 74(7/8), 590-602. Visser PNAM, R Rummel, G Balmino, H Sünkel, J Johannessen, M Aguirre, PL Woodworth, C Le Provost, CC Tscherning, R Sabadini (2000). The European Earth Explorer Mission GOCE: impact for the geosciences, in: Glacial isostatic adjustment and the Earth system: sea-level, crustal deformation, gravity and rotation, J Mitrovica and B Vermeersen (eds.), American Geophysical Union. GOCE Mission Related: ESA Contract Reports 2 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater Alenia Aerospazio (1999). GOCE Gravity Field and Ocean Circulation Explorer, Phase A Executive Summary, GOC-RP-AI-0006. Koop, R., H. Suenkel, H. (Eds.) and the European GOCE Gravity Consortium (2002), GOCE: Preparation of the GOCE Level 1 to Level 2 Data Processing, ESA/ESTEC Contract No. 14986/01/NL/DC. Smit, J., R. Koop, P. Visser, J. van den IJssel, N. Sneeuw, J. Müller, H. Oberndorfer (SID) (2000). GOCE End to End Performance Analysis, ESTEC Contract No. 12735/98/NL/GD. Sünkel, H. (ed.) (2000). From Eötvös to mGal, Final Report, ESA/ESTEC contract No. 13392/98/NL/GD. Sünkel, H. (ed.) (2002). From Eötvös to mGal+, Final Report, ESA/ESTEC contract No. 14287/00/NL/DC. Tscherning, C.C. (ed.) (2000). Refinement of the Current Observation Requirements for GOCE, Final report, ESA/ESTEC contract No. 13229/98/NL/GD. Gravity Field Recovery Albertella A, F. Migliaccio F. Sansò (2001). Data gaps in finite-dimensional boundary value problems for satellite gradiometry, J. Geodesy, 75, 641-646. Albertella, A., F. Sanso, N. Sneeuw (1999). Band-limited functions on a bounded spherical domain: the Slepian problem on the sphere, J. Geodesy, 73, 436-447. Albertella, A., F. Migliaccio, F. Sanso (2000). Direct and local comparison between different satellite missions for the gravity field, In: Geodesy Beyond 2000: The Challenges of the First Decade, KP Schwarz (ed.), IAG symposium 121, pp. 75–82, Springer. Albertella A, F. Migliaccio, F. Sansò (2002). GOCE: The Earth Field by Space Gradiometry, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 83:1-15. Arabelos, D., and C.C. Tscherning (1995). Regional recovery of the gravity field from satellite gravity gradiometer and gravity vector data using collocation, J. Geophys. Res., 100(B11): 22,00922,016. Moreaux G, G Balmino (2002). Impact of some land hydrological phenomena on GOCE mission, Geoph. Res. Letters, 29(8), 47.1-47.4. Freeden W (1999). Multiscale Modelling of Spaceborne Geodata, Teubner, Stuttgart, Leipzig. Freeden W, V Michel, H Nutz (2002). Satellite-to-satellite tracking and satellite gravity gradiometry (Advanced techniques for high-resolution geopotential field determination), J. of Engineering Mathematics, 43,19-56. Geemert R. van, R.J.J. Koop, R. Klees, P.N.A.M. Visser (2000). Application of parallel computing to gravity field recovery from satellite gravity gradiometry data, in: Applications of High- 3 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater Performance Computing in Engineering VI, M Ingber, H Power, CA Brebia (eds.), WIT Press, Southampton. Ilk KH (2000). Envisaging a new era of gravity field research, in: Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS), R Rummel, H Drewes, W Bosch, H Hornik (eds.), IAG symposium 120, pp. 53–62, Springer. Keller W (1997). Application of boundary value techniques to satellite gradiometry, in: Geodetic Boundary Value Problems in View of the One Centimeter Geoid, F Sanso and R Rummel (eds.), Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 65, pp. 542–558. Klees R., R. Koop, P. Visser, and J. van den IJssel (2000). Fast Gravity Field Recovery From GOCE Gravity Gradient Observations, J. Geodesy, 74:561–571. Kusche J, R Klees (2002). Regularization of the gravity field estimation from satellite gravity gradients, J. Geodesy, 76, 359-368. Kusche J, S Rudolph (2002). Satellite gravity anomaly recovery using multigrid methods, in: Gravity, Geoid and Geodynamics 2000, F Sansò (ed.), IAG symposium, 123, pp. 91-96, Springer. Kusche J., K.H. Ilk, S. Rudolph (2000). Impact of terrestrial data on future satellite gravity field solutions, in: Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS), R. Rummel, H. Drewes, W. Bosch, H. Hornik (eds.), IAG symposium 120, pp. 189–192, Springer. Pail R., G. Plank (2002). Assessment of three numerical solution strategies for gravity field recovery from GOCE satellite gravity gradiometry implemented on a parallel platform, J. Geodesy, 76, 462474. Rummel, R. (1986). Satellite Gradiometry, in: H Sünkel (ed.), Mathematical and Numerical Techniques in Physical Geodesy, Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 7, Springer. Rummel, R. (1997). Spherical spectral properties of the Earth’s gravitational potential and its first and second derivatives, in: Geodetic Boundary Value Problems in View of the One Centimeter Geoid, F Sansò and R Rummel (eds.), Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 65, pp. 359–404. Tscherning, C.C. (2001). Computation of spherical harmonic coefficients and their error estimates using Least Squares Collocation. J. of Geodesy, Vol. 75: 4-18. Tscherning C.C. (2001). Geoid determination after the first satellite gravity missions. Festschrift Univ. Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Torge zum 70. Geburtstag. Wiss. Arb. Fachr. Verm. Univ. Hannover, 241, 11-14. C.C. Tscherning, A. Radwan, A.A. Tealeb, S.M. Mahmoud, A.El-monum Mohamed, R. Hassan, ElS. Issawy and K. Saker: Local geoid determination combining gravity disturbances and GPS/levelling: A case study in the Lake Naser Area, Aswan, Egypt. Accepted Journal of Geodesy, March 2001. Vershkov A.N. (2002). Analysis of spectral characteristics of GOCE observables generated by EGM96 geopotential model, Artificial Satellites, 37(4), 129-156. Visser, P.N.A.M. (1999). Gravity field determination with GOCE and GRACE, Adv. Space Res. 23 (4):771–776. 4 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater Visser P.N.A.M., J. van den IJssel, R. Koop, and R. Klees (2000). Efficient Gravity Field Recovery from GOCE Gravity Gradient Observations, J. Geodesy, 74(7/8): 561-571. Solid-Earth Negredo, A.M., E. Carminati, S. Barba, R. Sabadini (1999). Dynamic Modelling of Stress Accumulation in Central Italy, Geophys. Res. Lett.26(13): 1945–1948. Rebhan H., J. Johannessen, M. Aguirre, and A. Tobias (2000). The ESA Gravity Field and SteadyState Ocean Circulation Explorer Mission: Impact on Solid Earth Physics, in: Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System (IGGOS), R. Rummel, H. Drewes, W. Bosch, H. Hornik (eds.), IAG symposium 120, pp. 225–228, Springer Verlag. Sabadini, R., B. Vermeersen, Long term instabilities in the Earth’s rotation, sea level changes and other geodynamical processes: Applications of normal mode relaxation theory to solid-earth geodynamics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, In Prep. Glacial Di Donato G., L.L.A. Vermeersen, R. Sabadini (2000). Sea-level changes, geoid and gravity anomalies due to pleistocene deglaciation by means of multilayered, analytical Earth models, Tectono-physics, 320: 409–418. Oceans Di Donato G, A.M., Negredo, R. Sabadini, L.L.A. Vermeersen (1999). Multiple processes causing sea-level rise in the central Mediterranean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(12): 1769–1772. Hughes, C., and E. R. Ash (2001). Eddy Forcing of the mean flow in the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res, 106(C2): 2713-2722. Johannessen J, C. Le Provost, H. Drange, M. Srokosz, P. Woodworth, P. Schlussel, P. Le Grand, Y. Kerr, D. Wingham, H. Rebhan (1999). Emerging new Earth observation capabilities in the context of ocean observing systems for climate, (Proceedings of the conference on The Ocean Observing System for Climate, St.Raphael, France, 18-22 October 1999). Solicited papers. Le Grand, P., J.-F. Minster (1999). Impact of the GOCE gravity mission on ocean circulation estimates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(13): 1881-1884. LeGrand, P. (2001). Impact of the Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission on ocean circulation estimates: Volume fluxes in the climatological inverse model of the Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 106(C9): 19597-19610. LeGrand, P., E.J.O. Schrama, and J. Tournadre, An inverse estimate of the dynamic topography of the oceans, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(2), 34-1-34-4. 5 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater Le Provost C, P Le Grand, E Dombrowsky, PY Le Traon, M Losch, F Ponchaut, J Schröter, B Sloyan, N Sneeuw (1999). Impact of GOCE for ocean circulation studies, ESA study contract 13175/98/NL/GD, Final Report. Losch M, M Sloyan, J Schröter, N Sneeuw (2002). Box Inverse Models, Altimetry and the Geoid: Problems with the Omission Error., J. Geophys. Res., 107 (C7): 15-1-15-13. Schröter J., M. Losch, and B.M. Sloyan (2002). Impact of the GOCE gravity mission on ocean circulation estimates: Part II. Volume and heat fluxes across hydrographic sections of unequally spaced stations, J. Geophys. Res., 107(C2): 1-20. New Technologies in Gravity Measurement Bobojc, A. and A. Drozyner (2001) Application of the satellite gravity gradiometry to the satellite orbits analysis. Artificial Satellites, 36, 1. Morgan SH, HJ Paik (1988). Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer Mission, NASA TM 4091, Vol. II: Study Team Technical Report. Paik, H.J., J.M. Lumley (1996). Superconducting gravity gradiometers on STEP and GEM, Class. and Quantum Grav, 13: A119–A127. Rummel, R., J.A. Johannessen (1999). Earth Interior, Earth Observation Quarterly, 63: 9–11. Rummel R. (2002). Gravity gradiometry: from Loránd Eötvös to modern space age, Acta Geod. Geoph. Hung. 37(4):435-444. Rummel, R. (1999). Bright Prospects for a Significant Improvement of the Earth’s Gravity Field Knowledge, Marine Geodesy, 23: 219–220. Schuyer, M. (1997). European capabilities and prospects for a spaceborne gravimetric mission, in: Geodetic Boundary Value Problems in View of the One Centimeter Geoid, F Sansò and R Rummel (eds.), Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 65, pp. 569–589. Sneeuw, N., R. Rummel, J. Müller (1996). The Earth’s gravity field from the STEP mission, Class. and Quantum Grav. 13:A113–A117. Sneeuw, N., M. van Gelderen (1997). The polar gap, in: Geodetic Boundary Value Problems in View of the One Centimeter Geoid, F Sansò and R Rummel (eds.), Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 65, pp. 559–568. Sneeuw, N., K.H. Ilk (1997). The status of spaceborne gravity field mission concepts: A comparative simulation study, in: Gravity, Geoid and Marine Geodesy, eds. J. Segawa, H. Fujimoto, S. Okubo, IAG symposium 117, pp. 171-178, Springer-Verlag. Woodworth PL, J Johannessen, P Le Grand, C Le Provost, G Balmino, R Rummel, R Sabadini, H Suenkel, CC Tscherning, P Visser (1998). Towards the definitive space gravity mission, International WOCE Newsletter 33: 37–40 and 24. 6 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater Towards GOCE Abalakine V, G Balmino, K Lambeck, H Moritz, JD Mulholland, F Tozer (1974). La Geodynamique Spatiale, Summer School Lecture Notes, Lannion, France, 20/8–13/9 1974, CNES. Anderson AJ, R Sabadini, S Tinti, S Zerbini, J Achache, A Geiger, F Arnet, E Klingele (1990). Study of the geophysical impact of high resolution Earth potential fields information. CIGAR I (1989). Study on precise gravity field determination methods and mission requirements, Final report, ESA Contract No. 7251/87/F/FL. CIGAR II (1990). Study on precise gravity field determination methods and mission requirements, Phase 2 – final report, ESA Contract No. 8153/88/F/FL. CIGAR III (1993). Study of the gravity field determination using gradiometry and GPS, Phase 1 – final report. CIGAR III (1995). Study of the gravity field determination using gradiometry and GPS, Phase 2 – final report, ESA Contract No. 10713/93/F/FL. CIGAR IV (1996). Study of advanced reduction methods for spaceborne gravimetry data, and of data combination with geophysical parameter, Final report, ESA Contract No. 152163. ESA (1978). SONG: Space Oceanography, Navigation and Geodynamics, ESA SP-137 (European Workshop, Schloss Ellmau, Germany, 16–21 January 1978). ESA (1986). SESAME: Solid Earth Science & Application Mission for Europe, ESA SP-1080 (ESA Special Workshop, Ising am Chiemsee, Germany, 4–6 March 1986). ESA (1991). The Solid-Earth Mission ARISTOTELES, ESA SP-329 (International Workshop, Anacapri, Italy, 23–24 September 1991). Gill E., J. Schastock, H. Ruder, M. Schneider (1991). Relativistic Spin Gradiometry, Deutsche Geodätische Kommission, Reihe A, Nr. 107. Khan, S.A. and C.C.Tscherning (2000). Determination of semi-diurnal ocean tide loading constituents using GPS in Alaska, 28(11): 2249-2252. Lambeck K (1990). Aristoteles: An ESA Mission to Study the Earth’s Gravity Field, ESA Journal 14:1–21. NASA (1972). EOPAP: Earth and Ocean Physics Applications Program, Vol. II, Rationale and Program Plans. NASA (1984). Spaceborne Gravity Gradiometers, NASA Conference Publication 2305, WC Wells (ed.), (Workshop, NASA-GSFC, 28-2 – 2-3, 1983). NASA (1984). Geopotential Research Mission (GRM), NASA Conference Publication 2390, (Conference at the University of Maryland, October 29–31, 1984). 7 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater NASA (1987). Geophysical and Geodetic Requirements for Global Gravity Field Measurements 1987–2000, (Gravity Workshop, NASA-GSFC, Colorado Springs, February 1987). NASA (1991). Solid Earth Science in the 1990s, NASA TM 4256, Vol. 1 Program Plan. NRC, Committee on Geodesy (1979). Applications of a Dedicated Gravitational Satellite Mission, NRC, Committee on Earth Gravity from Space (1997). Satellite Gravity and the Geosphere, Contributions to the Study of the Solid Earth and Its Fluid Envelope, National Academy Press. Oberdorfer H., J. Müller, R. Rummel, N. Sneeuw (2002). A simulation tool for the new gravity field satellite missions, Adv. Space Res., 30(2), 227-232. Paik H.J., J.P. Richard (1986). Development of a Sensitive Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer for Geological and Navigational Applications, NASA Contractor Report, 4011. Rummel R., P. Schwintzer (eds.) (1994). A Major STEP for Geodesy, report of the STEP Geodesy Working Group. Trevi workshop (1989). Proc. of the Italian Workhop on the European Solid-Earth Mission ARISTOTELES, (Trevi, Italy, May 30–31, 1989). Williamstown report (1969). The Terrestrial Environment, Solid-Earth and Ocean Physics: Application of Space and Astronomic Techniques, Report of a Study at Williamstown, Mass., to the NASA, W Kaula (ed.). Dissertations Bouman J. (2000). Quality assessment of satellite-based global gravity field models, Delft University of Technology, Geodetic Engineering. Glockner O. (2002). On Numerical Aspects of Gravitational Field Modelling from SST and SGG by Harmonic Splines und Wavelets (With Application to CHAMP Data), Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Mathematik, Shaker Verlag. Gruber T. (2000), Hochauflösende Schwerfeldbestimmung aus Kombination von terrestrischen Messungen und Satellitedaten über Kugelfuntionen, Scientific technical Rep., STR00/16, GeoForschungzentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473, Potsdam. Hesse K. (2002). Domain Decomposition Methods in Multiscale Geopotential Determination from SST and SGG, Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Mathematik, Shaker Verlag. Koop R. (1993). Global Gravity Field Modelling Using Satellite Gravity Gradiometry, Publications on Geodesy, New Series 38, Netherlands Geodetic Commission, Losch M. (2001). Analyse hydrographischer Schnitte mit Satellitenaltimetrie, Universität Bremen (Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung). Müller J. (2001). Die Satellitengradiometriemission GOCE: Theorie, technische Realisierung und wissenschaftliche Nutzung, Deutsche Geodätische Kommission, Reihe C, Nr. 541. 8 Updated: March 31, 2003 Dr. Mark R. Drinkwater Nutz H. (2002). A Unified Setup of Gravitational Field Observables, Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Mathematik, Shaker Verlag. Pail R. (2002). Selected problems in the framework of the GOCE data processing, In: Habilitationschrift. TU Graz, Institut für Geodäsie, Abteilung für Theoretische Geodesy. Rudolph S. (2000). Regionale und globale Gravitationsfeldanalyse hochau ösender Satellitendaten mittels Mehrgitterverfahren, Deutsche Geod¨atische Kommission, Reihe C, Nr. 528. Schneider F. (1997). Inverse Problems in Satellite Geodesy and Their Approximate Solution by Splines and Wavelets, Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Mathematik, Springer Verlag. Schreiner M. (1994). Tensor Spherical Harmonics and Their Application in Satellite Gradiometry, Universität Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Mathematik. Schuh W.D. (1996). Tailored Numerical Solution Strategies for the Global Determination of the Earth’s Gravity Field, Mitteilungen der Universität Graz, Folge 81. Sneeuw N. (2000). A semi-analytical approach to gravity field analysis from satellite observations, Deutsche Geodaetische Kommission, Reihe C, Nr. 527. Thalhammer M. (1995). Regionale Gravitationsfeldbestimmung mit zukünftigen Satellitenmissionen (SST und Gradiometrie), Deutsche Geod¨atische Kommission, Reihe C, Nr. 437, Thesis. Pending Kusche J. On fast multigrid iteration techniques for the solution of normal equations in satellite gravity recovery, J. Geodynamics under review. 9