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Barthelmes, F. (2018). Global Models. In: Grafarend, E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geodesy. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02370-0_43-2

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