Sea Surface Topography and the Geoid (eBook, PDF)

Edinburgh, Scotland, August 10-11, 1989
Redaktion: Sünkel, Hans; Baker, Trevor

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Recent advances and techniques in precise geoid determination are presented with a discussion of their implication for geophysical and oceanographic research, as well as identification and formulation of a goal on which future geoid research should focus. The volume is divided into the following sections: - The Geoid - Sea Surface Topography - The Vertical Datum - Miscellaneous

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 187
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781468470987
• Artikelnr.: 44182501

Autorenporträt

Trevor Baker arbeitet seit vielen Jahren in London als Musikjournalist für u.a. The Observer und Guardian. Er ist Autor zahl reicher Publikationen, darunter auch des Standardwerkes »Rock London: Guide To London's Music Venues« sowie Bücher über Richard Ashcroft (The Verve), Thom Yorke (Radiohead) u.v.a.

Inhaltsangabe

and Program.- The Geoid.- Geoid Determination Over Basin-Wide Scales Using a Combination of Satellite Tracking, Surface Gravity and Altimeter Observations.- Geoid Determination Using GPS-Aided Inertial Systems.- The Italian Gravimetric Geoid.- Kernel Modification in Generalized Stokes's Technique for Geoid Determination.- A High Resolution, High Precision Geoid for the British Isles.- A Relative Geoid for the UK.- Towards a Cross-Validated Spherical Spline Geoid for the South-Western Cape, South Africa.- A Gravimetric Geoid in Taiwan Area.- Geoidal Map Improvement in Brazil.- Control and Refinement of the Austrian Geoid Using GPS.- Sea Surface Topography.- Altimetry-Gravimetry Problem: An Example.- Sea Surface Height Determination in the Mediterranean Sea by Local Adjustment of GEOSAT Altimeter Data.- The Mean Sea Level of the Gulf Stream Estimated from Satellite Altimetric and Infrared Data.- The Vertical Datum.- Strategies for Solving the Vertical Datum Problem Using Terrestrial and Satellite Geodetic Data.- Vertical Datum Definition for Oceanographic Studies Using the Global Positioning System.- The Determination of Mean Sea Level Using GPS.- Recent Variations in Mean Sea Level in Southern Africa.- Miscellaneous.- A General Ocean Circulation Model Determined in a Simultaneous Solution with the Earth's Gravity Field.- Christoffel Symbols and the Laplacian in Detailed Studies of the Earth's Gravity Field with Emphasis on Topography and Eccentricity Effects.- Corrections for Atmospheric Refraction in Precise Leveling.- Author Index.