Eicker PhD - Gravity field and radial basis functions

What is radial basis functions and how it is been used in geoid computation? One need to read a phd thesis entitled "Gravity field refinement by radial basis functions from in-situ satellite data" for an answer. The thesis was submitted by Annettee Eicker in 2008.

Publication of Bonn University

The thesis is downloadable from Bonn Uni - source. And from DGK.

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