Ellipsoidal Equal-Area Panel Mascons from GRACE Intersatellite Geopotential Differences: A Preliminary Assessment over China
We present a mascon-type solution that partitions the Earth's surface into contiguous, gap-free, equal-area panels defined directly on the reference ellipsoid via an authalic-latitude mapping, eliminating the need for a constant-radius approximation or subsequent rescaling. Each panel is treated as a locally curved poi...