Slepian函数在月球局部重力场分析中的适用性分析

在分析Slepian函数数学性质的基础上,选取月球北极球冠区域为研究范围,结合CEGM02模型,研究Slepian函数在解算月球局部重力场和局部功率谱优缺点和适用范围。同时利用CEGM02、SGM150j、LP150Q、GRAIL660模型,分析不同模型的月球局部重力场-地形导纳及相关性。结果表明Slepian函数的局部正交特性在表达月球局部重力场方面有明显优势;由Slepian模型计算得到的局部重力场功率谱可信可靠带宽较大,但球冠边缘异常信号对谱分析结果高频部分带来较大不确定性;利用Slepian加窗的局部谱分析方法可以分析局部区域能量与全球的关系,但其谱分析结果可信可靠频段较窄,低阶段误差较大。4个重力场模型局部重力-地形导纳中低阶部分接近,高阶部分随阶次增大差距明显,可靠性降低。     

顾及地形横向密度变化的GNSS高程转换方法

针对GNSS高程转换过程中忽略了地形密度横向变化的问题，该文给出了顾及地形横向密度变化的GNSS高程转换方法。采用经典棱柱体空间积分对剩余地形模型进行建模来填补重力场模型中所遗漏的高频信息，并利用二次曲面法对残余高程异常进行拟合，较好地提升了高程转换精度。实验结果表明：与仅由重力场模型解算的高程异常相比，考虑剩余地形高程异常后，GNSS高程转换的精度整体提升了约0.4 cm;考虑地形横向密度变化后，GNSS高程转换的精度整体进一步提升了约0.1 cm;利用二次曲面拟合法对所有模型残余高程异常进行计算的结果显示，顾及地形密度横向变化后的GNSS高程转换方法给出结果最优，达到了3.4 cm。     

利用Abel-Poisson径向基函数模型化局部重力场

多种类型高分辨率重力场数据的不断增加,使得在局部范围内精化重力场模型成为了可能。本文采用Abel-Poisson核将重力场量表示成有限个径向基函数线性求和的形式,对局部区域的多种重力场数据进行联合建模。为了提高运算速度,运用了基于自适应精化格网算法的最小均方根误差准则(RMS)来求解径向基函数平均带宽。以南海核心地区为例,联合两种不同类型、不同分辨率的重力场资料(大地水准面起伏6'×6'、重力异常2'×2'),构建了局部区域高分辨率的重力场模型。所建模型表示的重力场参量达到了2'×2'的分辨率,对原始的重力异常数据(2'×2')拟合的符合程度达到±0.8×10-5m/s2。结果表明,利用径向基函数方法进行局部重力场建模,避免了球谐函数建模收敛慢的问题,有效提高了模型表示重力场的分辨率。     

应用Slepian局部谱方法解算中国大陆重力场球谐模型

根据经典的球谐函数方法,为满足正交化要求,观测数据需要覆盖整个球面,而对于地表局部测量数据,则无法应用球谐方法解算重力场模型。针对此问题,采用Slepian局部谱分析方法解算中国大陆范围内的实测重力场变化数据,并以GOCE卫星球谐函数解作为已知模型,评估由于实际陆地重力测点的非均匀分布对球谐函数解的误差影响。通过计算多个阶次中国大陆局部范围的Slepian基函数分布;采用GOCE卫星获得重力场模型的前72阶球谐系数作为已知结果,评价实际测点非均匀分布的解算有效性,并针对中国大陆地区采用Slepian基函数进行解算,通过模型对比选择最优截段项数;针对2005—2008年中国大陆地区流动重力测量获得的重力场变化信号进行解算,获得了72阶重力场变化模型。     

点质模型求定月球重力场及其特征分析

利用Lunar-Prospector扩展任务的视线加速度数据,根据点质模型恢复了月球近区的重力场,将其与LP165月球重力场模型进行了比较和分析,并利用恢复的重力场联合月球地形数据对Mas-con进行分析,总结了月球重力场的主要特征及其研究方向发展趋势,将重力场恢复技术与我国的探月计划-"嫦娥"工程结合起来,为建立高精度的月球重力场和地形模型提供了一种有效而实用的方法。     

广义球谐函数定积分计算方法的改进

运用球谐函数定积分的基本递推公式,推导了在重力场球谐综合与球谐分析中出现的广义球谐函数定积分的计算公式;给出了其适用于超高阶次的改良型递推公式.数值试验表明,该改良公式具有较高的计算精度和计算速度,解决了超高阶次广义球谐函数定积分计算的溢出问题,拓展了这类定积分的计算公式.他们的数值实现为利用位模型计算高分辨率扰动重力场元格网平均值、重力场球谐综合分析等奠定了基础.     

广义球谐函数定积分计算方法的改进

运用球谐函数定积分的基本递推公式，推导了在重力场球谐综合与球谐分析中出现的广义球谐函数定积分的计算公式；给出了其适用于超高阶次的改良型递推公式。数值试验表明，该改良公式具有较高的计算精度和计算速度，解决了超高阶次广义球谐函数定积分计算的溢出问题，拓展了这类定积分的计算公式。他们的数值实现为利用位模型计算高分辨率扰动重力场元格网平均值、重力场球谐综合分析等奠定了基础。     

径向基函数在重力场建模及数据融合中的应用研究

地球重力场,作为地球空间全部质量的综合反映,对研究地球自然形状、反演岩石圈和软流圈的物质密度结构等具有十分重要的意义.地球重力场模型通常用球谐函数表达,但由于其全局紧支撑特性,任何一个系数的变化均会引起整个重力场的改变,不便于局部重力场模型的精化.因此,径向基函数,一种在空间域和频率域兼具良好局部化特性的对称函数,受到了越来越多的关注.径向基函数能够根据观测数据的空间分布、频谱特性和误差大小灵活的做出调整,并可以联合多种数据共同建模,在表示局部重力场方面展现出很大的优势.论文重点探索径向基函数在融合多源重力数据和构建高精度、高分辨率地球重力场模型方面的能力及应用.     

融合多源重力数据构建局部高阶重力场模型

针对利用带限型径向基函数,融合航空和地面重力数据构建高阶地球重力场模型时,航空、地面重力数据的频谱信息不一致问题,该文提出残差与先验精度比较分析法,确定出了研究区域航空数据的最佳频谱范围.结果 表明:航空重力数据系统性偏差及其径向基函数展开阶次不当可分别导致±0.019m和±0.007 m的建模误差.基于此,构建了局部区域6000阶的径向基函数融合地球重力场模型CBFM2020.通过与GPS/水准数据比较,CBFM2020的精度比EGM2008、USGG2012以及仅由地面数据得到的重力场模型均有所提高.模型建立过程中航空重力数据未进行向下延拓,而是直接在原始高度与地面数据进行融合,可为局部地区高阶重力场模型的构建提供一定参考.     

利用残差地形模型空域法精化局部地球重力场

陆地高分辨率重力数据是超高阶重力场模型及其应用研究的基础,但现有的观测技术和手段限制了陆地重力测量的覆盖区域,全球仍有大量的重力测量空白地区.采用残差地形模型空域法,利用高通滤波技术提取航天飞机雷达地形测绘任务(shuttle radar topography mission,SRTM)分辨率3"×3"的V4.1数据短...     

Combining EGM2008 and SRTM/DTM2006.0 residual terrain model data to improve quasigeoid computations in mountainous areas devoid of gravity data

A global geopotential model, like EGM2008, is not capable of representing the high-frequency components of Earth’s gravity field. This is known as the omission error. In mountainous terrain, omission errors in EGM2008, even when expanded to degree 2,190, may reach amplitudes of 10 cm and more for height anomalies. The present paper proposes the utilisation of high-resolution residual terrain model (RTM) data for computing estimates of the omission error in rugged terrain. RTM elevations may be constructed as the difference between the SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) elevation model and the DTM2006.0 spherical harmonic topographic expansion. Numerical tests, carried out in the German Alps with a precise gravimetric quasigeoid model (GCG05) and GPS/levelling data as references, demonstrate that RTM-based omission error estimates improve EGM2008 height anomaly differences by 10 cm in many cases. The comparisons of EGM2008-only height anomalies and the GCG05 model showed 3.7 cm standard deviation after a bias-fit. Applying RTM omission error estimates to EGM2008 reduces the standard deviation to 1.9 cm which equates to a significant improvement rate of 47%. Using GPS/levelling data strongly corroborates these findings with an improvement rate of 49%. The proposed RTM approach may be of practical value to improve quasigeoid determination in mountainous areas without sufficient regional gravity data coverage, e.g., in parts of Asia, South America or Africa. As a further application, RTM omission error estimates will allow refined validation of global gravity field models like EGM2008 from GPS/levelling data.     

综合EGM2008模型和SRTM/DTM2006.0剩余地形模型的GPS高程转换方法

利用SRTM以及DTM2006.0全球地形模型构建剩余地形模型（RTM）数据,并将其转换为RTM高程异常。通过GPS/水准点的优化选择法,选择少量GPS/水准点的实测高程异常,扣除EGM2008模型以及SRTM与DTM2006.0模型求得的剩余模型高程异常,对残余高程异常进行拟合,从而进一步提高GPS高程转换的精度。最...     

Solution to the spectral filter problem of residual terrain modelling (RTM)

In physical geodesy, the residual terrain modelling (RTM) technique is frequently used for high-frequency gravity forward modelling. In the RTM technique, a detailed elevation model is high-pass-filtered in the topography domain, which is not equivalent to filtering in the gravity domain. This in-equivalence, denoted as spectral filter problem of the RTM technique, gives rise to two imperfections (errors). The first imperfection is unwanted low-frequency (LF) gravity signals, and the second imperfection is missing high-frequency (HF) signals in the forward-modelled RTM gravity signal. This paper presents new solutions to the RTM spectral filter problem. Our solutions are based on explicit modelling of the two imperfections via corrections. The HF correction is computed using spectral domain gravity forward modelling that delivers the HF gravity signal generated by the long-wavelength RTM reference topography. The LF correction is obtained from pre-computed global RTM gravity grids that are low-pass-filtered using surface or solid spherical harmonics. A numerical case study reveals maximum absolute signal strengths of \(\sim 44\) mGal (0.5 mGal RMS) for the HF correction and \(\sim 33\) mGal (0.6 mGal RMS) for the LF correction w.r.t. a degree-2160 reference topography within the data coverage of the SRTM topography model (\(56^{\circ }\hbox {S} \le \phi \le 60^{\circ }\hbox {N}\)). Application of the LF and HF corrections to pre-computed global gravity models (here the GGMplus gravity maps) demonstrates the efficiency of the new corrections over topographically rugged terrain. Over Switzerland, consideration of the HF and LF corrections reduced the RMS of the residuals between GGMplus and ground-truth gravity from 4.41 to 3.27 mGal, which translates into \(\sim 26\)% improvement. Over a second test area (Canada), our corrections reduced the RMS of the residuals between GGMplus and ground-truth gravity from 5.65 to 5.30 mGal (\(\sim 6\)% improvement). Particularly over Switzerland, geophysical signals (associated, e.g. with valley fillings) were found to stand out more clearly in the RTM-reduced gravity measurements when the HF and LF correction are taken into account. In summary, the new RTM filter corrections can be easily computed and applied to improve the spectral filter characteristics of the popular RTM approach. Benefits are expected, e.g. in the context of the development of future ultra-high-resolution global gravity models, smoothing of observed gravity data in mountainous terrain and geophysical interpretations of RTM-reduced gravity measurements.     

Prediction of vertical deflections from high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis and residual terrain model data

This study demonstrates that in mountainous areas the use of residual terrain model (RTM) data significantly improves the accuracy of vertical deflections obtained from high-degree spherical harmonic synthesis. The new Earth gravitational model EGM2008 is used to compute vertical deflections up to a spherical harmonic degree of 2,160. RTM data can be constructed as difference between high-resolution Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data and the terrain model DTM2006.0 (a spherical harmonic terrain model that complements EGM2008) providing the long-wavelength reference surface. Because these RTM elevations imply most of the gravity field signal beyond spherical harmonic degree of 2,160, they can be used to augment EGM2008 vertical deflection predictions in the very high spherical harmonic degrees. In two mountainous test areas—the German and the Swiss Alps—the combined use of EGM2008 and RTM data was successfully tested at 223 stations with high-precision astrogeodetic vertical deflections from recent zenith camera observations (accuracy of about 0.1 arc seconds) available. The comparison of EGM2008 vertical deflections with the ground-truth astrogeodetic observations shows root mean square (RMS) values (from differences) of 3.5 arc seconds for ξ and 3.2 arc seconds for η, respectively. Using a combination of EGM2008 and RTM data for the prediction of vertical deflections considerably reduces the RMS values to the level of 0.8 arc seconds for both vertical deflection components, which is a significant improvement of about 75%. Density anomalies of the real topography with respect to the residual model topography are one factor limiting the accuracy of the approach. The proposed technique for vertical deflection predictions is based on three publicly available data sets: (1) EGM2008, (2) DTM2006.0 and (3) SRTM elevation data. This allows replication of the approach for improving the accuracy of EGM2008 vertical deflection predictions in regions with a rough topography or for improved validation of EGM2008 and future high-degree spherical harmonic models by means of independent ground truth data.     

Short-wavelength Spectral Properties of the Gravity Field from a Range of Regional Data Sets

The GRACE (gravity recovery and climate experiment) and GOCE (gravity field and steady-state ocean circulation explorer) dedicated gravity satellite missions are expected to deliver the long-wavelength scales of the Earth’s gravity field with extreme precision. For many applications in Earth sciences, future research activities will have to focus on a similar precision on shorter scales not recovered by satellite missions. Here, we investigate the signal power of gravity anomalies at such short scales. We derive an average degree variance and power spectral density model for topography-reduced gravity anomalies (residual terrain model anomalies and de-trended refined Bouguer anomalies), which is valid for wavelengths between 0.7 and 100  km. The model is based on the analysis of gravity anomalies from 13 test regions in various geographical areas and geophysical settings, using various power spectrum computation approaches. The power of the derived average topography-reduced model is considerably lower than the Tscherning–Rapp free air anomaly model. The signal power of the individual test regions deviates from the obtained average model by less than a factor of 4 in terms of square-root power spectral amplitudes. Despite the topographic reduction, the highest signal power is found in mountainous areas and the lowest signal power in flat terrain. For the derived average power spectral model, a validation procedure is developed based on least-squares prediction tests. The validation shows that the model leads to a good prediction quality and realistic error measures. Therefore, for least-squares prediction, the model could replace the use of autocovariance functions derived from local or regional data.     

Gravity-field improvement in the Mediterranean Sea by estimating the bottom topography using collocation

The contribution of bathymetry to the prediction of quantities related to the gravity field (e.g., gravity anomalies, geoid heights) is discussed in an extended test area of the central Mediterranean Sea. Sea gravity anomalies and a priori statistical characteristics of depths are used in a least-squares collocation procedure in order to produce new depths, giving a better smoothing of the gravity field when using a remove-restore procedure. The effect of the bottom topography on gravity-field modeling is studied using both the original and the new depths through a residual terrain modeling reduction. The numerical tests show a considerable smoothing of the sea gravity anomalies and the available altimeter heights when the new depth information is taken into account according to the covariance analysis performed. Moreover, geoid heights are computed by combining the sea gravity anomalies either with the original depths or with the new ones, using as a reference surface the OSU91A geopotential model. Comparing the computed geoid heights with adjusted altimeter sea-surface heights (SSHs), better results are obtained when subtracting the attraction of the new depth information. Similar results are obtained when predicting gravity anomalies from altimeter SSHs where the terrain effect on altimetry is based on the new bottom topography. Received: 10 September 1996 / Accepted: 4 August 1997     

A comparison of the tesseroid,prism and point-mass approaches for mass reductions in gravity field modelling

The calculation of topographic (and iso- static) reductions is one of the most time-consuming operations in gravity field modelling. For this calculation, the topographic surface of the Earth is often divided with respect to geographical or map-grid lines, and the topographic heights are averaged over the respective grid elements. The bodies bounded by surfaces of constant (ellipsoidal) heights and geographical grid lines are denoted as tesseroids. Usually these ellipsoidal (or spherical) tesseroids are replaced by “equivalent” vertical rectangular prisms of the same mass. This approximation is motivated by the fact that the volume integrals for the calculation of the potential and its derivatives can be exactly solved for rectangular prisms, but not for the tesseroids. In this paper, an approximate solution of the spherical tesseroid integrals is provided based on series expansions including third-order terms. By choosing the geometrical centre of the tesseroid as the Taylor expansion point, the number of non-vanishing series terms can be greatly reduced. The zero-order term is equivalent to the point-mass formula. Test computations show the high numerical efficiency of the tesseroid method versus the prism approach, both regarding computation time and accuracy. Since the approximation errors due to the truncation of the Taylor series decrease very quickly with increasing distance of the tesseroid from the computation point, only the elements in the direct vicinity of the computation point have to be separately evaluated, e.g. by the prism formulas. The results are also compared with the point-mass formula. Further potential refinements of the tesseroid approach, such as considering ellipsoidal tesseroids, are indicated.     

利用重力异常数据构建重力梯度场的方法比较

为实现大范围、高精度基准重力梯度数据库的构建,考虑到重力梯度场对地形质量的敏感效应,一般利用恒密度数字高程模型来求取重力梯度值,从而忽略了地形密度变化以及水准面以下密度异常对重力梯度的影响。根据重力位理论中求解边值问题的数值应用方法,直接利用重力异常数据求取重力梯度场,弥补了密度变化和密度异常在重力梯度上的反映。根据模型算例和实测重力异常数据求取了剖面重力梯度值,结果表明,限于重力数据空间分辨率的影响,利用重力异常数据可恢复中长波段重力梯度场。该方法与地形数据求取重力梯度和卫星重力梯度测量等方法技术相结合,对重力梯度数据库的建设具有实际应用价值。     

我国陆海统一似大地水准面构建的三维重力矢量法

基于重力场水平分量-垂线偏差对地形信息敏感的特点,根据边值理论由重力与地形数据确定格网垂线偏差模型,在此基础上,首先利用三维重力矢量-格网垂线偏差与格网重力异常,联合格网高程数据求得格网点间高程异常差,然后通过GPS/水准点的控制,构成紧密的几何条件,进行严密平差,从而获得高分辨率、高精度似大地水准面的数值模型。按照本文方法,利用我国6600多个GPS/水准点、1'×1'的格网垂线偏差、格网重力异常、格网高程数据,整体平差计算了我国陆海统一的似大地水准面模型,经GPS/水准点检核,全国似大地水准面的绝对精度达到了4 cm,相对精度优于7 cm。     

全景立体视觉的快速近区重力地形改正方法

重力地形改正是区域重力测量工作中的一个关键步骤,目前重力地形改正的主要挑战是如何快速地重建测站附近高精度的三维地形。本文提出了一种基于全景立体视觉和摄影测量技术的快速近区重力地形改正方法,设计和开发了相应的快速测图系统。为了使该系统硬件尽量小型化并满足精度需求,我们进行了系统的理论精度分析和设计优化。所开发的研究系统可以从获取的全景立体图像自动生成DEM并计算重力地形改正值。该系统已经过野外多站多种地形的实验验证,结果表明其效率和精度明显优于传统的野外测量方法。