Geoid Determination
Theory and Methods
Editors: Sansò, Fernando, Sideris, Michael G. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Consolidates, unifies and streamlines material not previously covered in the literature on geoid determination
- Offers a roadmap for estimating geoid undulations, from theoretical definitions and formulas to available numerical methods and their implementation
- Illustrated by specific examples and actual computations of local geoids
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This book will be based on the material of the lecture noties in several International Schools for the Determination and Use of the Geoid, organized by the International Geoid Serivice of the International Association of Geodesy. It consolidates, unifies, and streamlines this material in a unique way not covereed by the few other books that exist on this subjext. More specifically, the book presents (for the first time in a single volume) the theory and methodology of the most common technique used for precise determination of the geoid, including the computation of the marine geoid from satellite altimetry data. These are illustrated by specific examples and actual computations of local geoids. In addition, the book provides the fundamentals of estimating orthometric heights without spirit levelling, by properly combining a geoid with heights from GPS. Besides the geodectic and geophysical uses, this last application has made geoid computation methods very popular in recent years because the entire GPS and GIS user communities are interested in estimating geoid undulations in order to convert GPS heights to physically meaningful orthometric heights (elevations above mean sea level). The overall purpose of the book is, therefore, to provide the user community (academics, graduate students, geophysicists, engineers, oceanographers, GIS and GPS users, researchers) with a self-contained textbook, which will supply them with the complete roadmap of estimating geoid undulations, from the theoretical definitions and formulas to the available numerical methods and their implementation and the test in practice.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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The Forward Modelling of the Gravity Field
Pages 3-71
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Observables of Physical Geodesy and Their Analytical Representation
Pages 73-110
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Harmonic Calculus and Global Gravity Models
Pages 111-168
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The Local Modelling of the Gravity Field: The Terrain Effects
Pages 169-201
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The Local Modelling of the Gravity Field by Collocation
Pages 203-258
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Geoid Determination
- Book Subtitle
- Theory and Methods
- Editors
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- Fernando Sansò
- Michael G. Sideris
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-74700-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-74700-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-540-74699-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-50153-5
- Series ISSN
- 2193-8571
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXI, 734
- Number of Illustrations
- 177 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
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