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Global mean sea surface heights (SSHs) and gravity anomalies on a 2′×2′ grid were determined from Seasat, Geosat (Exact Repeat Mission and Geodetic Mission), ERS-1 (1.5-year mean of 35-day, and
GM), TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) (5.6-year mean) and ERS-2 (2-year mean) altimeter data over the region 0∘–360∘ longitude and –80∘–80∘ latitude. To reduce ocean variabilities and data noises, SSHs from non-repeat missions were filtered by Gaussian filters
of various wavelengths. A Levitus oceanic dynamic topography was subtracted from the altimeter-derived SSHs, and the resulting
heights were used to compute along-track deflection of the vertical (DOV). Geoidal heights and gravity anomalies were then
computed from DOV using the deflection-geoid and inverse Vening Meinesz formulae. The Levitus oceanic dynamic topography was
added back to the geoidal heights to obtain a preliminary sea surface grid. The difference between the T/P mean sea surface
and the preliminary sea surface was computed on a grid by a minimum curvature method and then was added to the preliminary
grid. The comparison of the NCTU01 mean sea surface height (MSSH) with the T/P and the ERS-1 MSSH result in overall root-mean-square
(RMS) differences of 5.0 and 3.1 cm in SSH, respectively, and 7.1 and 3.2 μrad in SSH gradient, respectively. The RMS differences
between the predicted and shipborne gravity anomalies range from 3.0 to 13.4 mGal in 12 areas of the world's oceans.
Received: 26 September 2001 / Accepted: 3 April 2002
Correspondence to: C. Hwang
Acknowledgements. This research is partly supported by the National Science Council of ROC, under grants NSC89-2611-M-009-003-OP2 and NSC89-2211-E-009-095.
This is a contribution to the IAG Special Study Group 3.186. The Geosat and ERS1/2 data are from NOAA and CERSAT/France, respectively.
The T/P data were provided by AVISO. The CLS and GSFC00 MSS models were kindly provided by NASA/GSFC and CLS, respectively.
Drs. Levitus, Monterey, and Boyer are thanked for providing the SST model. Dr. T. Gruber and two anonymous reviewers provided
very detailed reviews that improved the quality of this paper. 相似文献
2.
Mission design,operation and exploitation of the gravity field and steady-state ocean circulation explorer mission 总被引:6,自引:3,他引:3
The European Space Agency’s Gravity field and steady-state ocean circulation explorer mission (GOCE) was launched on 17 March
2009. As the first of the Earth Explorer family of satellites within the Agency’s Living Planet Programme, it is aiming at
a better understanding of the Earth system. The mission objective of GOCE is the determination of the Earth’s gravity field
and geoid with high accuracy and maximum spatial resolution. The geoid, combined with the de facto mean ocean surface derived
from twenty-odd years of satellite radar altimetry, yields the global dynamic ocean topography. It serves ocean circulation
and ocean transport studies and sea level research. GOCE geoid heights allow the conversion of global positioning system (GPS)
heights to high precision heights above sea level. Gravity anomalies and also gravity gradients from GOCE are used for gravity-to-density
inversion and in particular for studies of the Earth’s lithosphere and upper mantle. GOCE is the first-ever satellite to carry
a gravitational gradiometer, and in order to achieve its challenging mission objectives the satellite embarks a number of
world-first technologies. In essence the spacecraft together with its sensors can be regarded as a spaceborne gravimeter.
In this work, we describe the mission and the way it is operated and exploited in order to make available the best-possible
measurements of the Earth gravity field. The main lessons learned from the first 19 months in orbit are also provided, in
as far as they affect the quality of the science data products and therefore are of specific interest for GOCE data users. 相似文献
3.
Computation of spherical harmonic coefficients and their error estimates using least-squares collocation 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
C. C. Tscherning 《Journal of Geodesy》2001,75(1):12-18
Equations expressing the covariances between spherical harmonic coefficients and linear functionals applied on the anomalous
gravity potential, T, are derived. The functionals are the evaluation functionals, and those associated with first- and second-order derivatives
of T. These equations form the basis for the prediction of spherical harmonic coefficients using least-squares collocation (LSC).
The equations were implemented in the GRAVSOFT program GEOCOL. Initially, tests using EGM96 were performed using global and
regional sets of geoid heights, gravity anomalies and second-order vertical gravity gradients at ground level and at altitude.
The global tests confirm that coefficients may be estimated consistently using LSC while the error estimates are much too
large for the lower-order coefficients. The validity of an error estimate calculated using LSC with an isotropic covariance
function is based on a hypothesis that the coefficients of a specific degree all belong to the same normal distribution. However,
the coefficients of lower degree do not fulfil this, and this seems to be the reason for the too-pessimistic error estimates.
In order to test this the coefficients of EGM96 were perturbed, so that the pertubations for a specific degree all belonged
to a normal distribution with the variance equal to the mean error variance of the coefficients. The pertubations were used
to generate residual geoid heights, gravity anomalies and second-order vertical gravity gradients. These data were then used
to calculate estimates of the perturbed coefficients as well as error estimates of the quantities, which now have a very good
agreement with the errors computed from the simulated observed minus calculated coefficients. Tests with regionally distributed
data showed that long-wavelength information is lost, but also that it seems to be recovered for specific coefficients depending
on where the data are located.
Received: 3 February 2000 / Accepted: 23 October 2000 相似文献
4.
One year (November 1986 to October 1987) of Geosat altimeter data with improved orbits produced at The Ohio State University
has been used to define sea surface heights for 22 ERM and one year averaged Geosat track. All sea surface heights were referenced
to the single reference track through the application of geoid gradient corrections. The root mean square (RMS) gradient correction
was on the order of ±1 cm although it could reach 20 cm with data points in trench areas. 10 values used to form the mean
were considered.
Although this study was initially driven by a need for a good reference sea surface for geodetic applications the formation
of the reference track yields information on the variability of the ocean surface in the first year of the Geosat ERM. The
RMS point variability was ± 12.6 cm with only a very small number of values exceeding 50 cm when a depth editing criteria
was used. Global plots of the sea surface variability clearly reveal the major ocean currents and their variations in position
in the year. Examination of the 1° × 1° averaged sea surface height variations show average and maximum variability values
as follows: Gulf Stream (29 and 50 cm); Kurshio Current (24 and 49 cm); Agulhas Current (24 and 52 cm) and the Gulf of Mexico
(18 and 31 cm). These magnitudes may be dependent on the radial orbit correction procedure. To investigate this effect sea
slope variations were also computed. These results also showed clear current structures but also high frequency gravity field
information despite efforts to average out such information.
The data described in the paper is available from the authors for numerous other studies, some of which are suggested in the
paper. 相似文献
5.
The determination of local geoid models has traditionally been carried out on land and at sea using gravity anomaly and satellite
altimetry data, while it will be aided by the data expected from satellite missions such as those from the Gravity field and
steady-state ocean circulation explorer (GOCE). To assess the performance of heterogeneous data combination to local geoid
determination, simulated data for the central Mediterranean Sea are analyzed. These data include marine and land gravity anomalies,
altimetric sea surface heights, and GOCE observations processed with the space-wise approach. A spectral analysis of the aforementioned
data shows their complementary character. GOCE data cover long wavelengths and account for the lack of such information from
gravity anomalies. This is exploited for the estimation of local covariance function models, where it is seen that models
computed with GOCE data and gravity anomaly empirical covariance functions perform better than models computed without GOCE
data. The geoid is estimated by different data combinations and the results show that GOCE data improve the solutions for
areas covered poorly with other data types, while also accounting for any long wavelength errors of the adopted reference
model that exist even when the ground gravity data are dense. At sea, the altimetric data provide the dominant geoid information.
However, the geoid accuracy is sensitive to orbit calibration errors and unmodeled sea surface topography (SST) effects. If
such effects are present, the combination of GOCE and gravity anomaly data can improve the geoid accuracy. The present work
also presents results from simulations for the recovery of the stationary SST, which show that the combination of geoid heights
obtained from a spherical harmonic geopotential model derived from GOCE with satellite altimetry data can provide SST models
with some centimeters of error. However, combining data from GOCE with gravity anomalies in a collocation approach can result
in the estimation of a higher resolution geoid, more suitable for high resolution mean dynamic SST modeling. Such simulations
can be performed toward the development and evaluation of SST recovery methods. 相似文献
6.
W. E. Featherstone J. F. Kirby A. H. W. Kearsley J. R. Gilliland G. M. Johnston J. Steed R. Forsberg M. G. Sideris 《Journal of Geodesy》2001,75(5-6):313-330
The AUSGeoid98 gravimetric geoid model of Australia has been computed using data from the EGM96 global geopotential model,
the 1996 release of the Australian gravity database, a nationwide digital elevation model, and satellite altimeter-derived
marine gravity anomalies. The geoid heights are on a 2 by 2 arc-minute grid with respect to the GRS80 ellipsoid, and residual
geoid heights were computed using the 1-D fast Fourier transform technique. This has been adapted to include a deterministically
modified kernel over a spherical cap of limited spatial extent in the generalised Stokes scheme. Comparisons of AUSGeoid98
with GPS and Australian Height Datum (AHD) heights across the continent give an RMS agreement of ±0.364 m, although this apparently
large value is attributed partly to distortions in the AHD.
Received: 10 March 2000 / Accepted: 21 February 2001 相似文献
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Local geoid determination combining gravity disturbances and GPS/levelling: a case study in the Lake Nasser area, Aswan, Egypt 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
C. C. Tscherning Awar Radwan A. A. Tealeb S. M. Mahmoud M. Abd El-Monum Ramdan Hassan I. El-Syaed K. Saker 《Journal of Geodesy》2001,75(7-8):343-348
The use of GPS for height control in an area with existing levelling data requires the determination of a local geoid and
the bias between the local levelling datum and the one implicitly defined when computing the local geoid. If only scarse gravity
data are available, the heights of new data may be collected rapidly by determining the ellipsoidal height by GPS and not
using orthometric heights. Hence the geoid determination has to be based on gravity disturbances contingently combined with
gravity anomalies. Furthermore, existing GPS/levelling data may also be used in the geoid determination if a suitable general
gravity field modelling method (such as least-squares collocation, LSC) is applied. A comparison has been made in the Aswan
Dam area between geoids determined using fast Fourier transform (FFT) with gravity disturbances exclusively and LSC using
only the gravity disturbances and the disturbances combined with GPS/levelling data. The EGM96 spherical harmonic model was
in all cases used in a remove–restore mode. A total of 198 gravity disturbances spaced approximately 3 km apart were used,
as well as 35 GPS/levelling points in the vicinity and on the Aswan Dam. No data on the Nasser Lake were available. This gave
difficulties when using FFT, which requires the use of gridded data. When using exclusively the gravity disturbances, the
agreement between the GPS/levelling data were 0.71 ± 0.17 m for FFT and 0.63 ± 0.15 for LSC. When combining gravity disturbances
and GPS/levelling, the LSC error estimate was ±0.10 m. In the latter case two bias parameters had to be introduced to account
for a possible levelling datum difference between the levelling on the dam and that on the adjacent roads.
Received: 14 August 2000 / Accepted: 28 February 2001 相似文献
8.
Quasi-stationary sea surface topography estimation by the multiple input/output method 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Multiple input/multiple output system theory (MIMOST) is briefly presented, and the application of the method to the quasi-stationary
sea surface topography (QSST) estimation and the filtering of the input observations are discussed. The repeat character of
satellite altimetry missions provides more than one sample of the measured sea surface height (SSH) field, and an approximation
of the input signal and error power spectral densities can be determined using this successive information. A case study in
the Labrador Sea is considered using SSHs from ERS1 phases C and G, ERS1-GM, ERS2 phase A and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetric missions
in combination with shipborne gravity anomalies. The time period of the observations in this study is from 1993 to 1998. Some
comparisons between the techniques used for the power spectral density approximation are carried out and some remarks on the
properties of the estimated QSST are presented.
Received: 19 October 1999 / Accepted: 23 October 2000 相似文献
9.
We develop a slope correction model to improve the accuracy of mean sea surface topography models as well as marine gravity models. The correction is greatest above ocean trenches and large seamounts where the slope of the geoid exceeds 100 \(\upmu \) rad. In extreme cases, the correction to the mean sea surface height is 40 mm and the correction to the along-track altimeter slope is 1–2 \(\upmu \) rad which maps into a 1–2 mGal gravity error. Both corrections are easily applied using existing grids of sea surface slope from satellite altimetry. 相似文献
10.
A technique is presented for the development of a high-precision and high-resolution mean sea surface model utilising radar
altimetric sea surface heights extracted from the geodetic phase of the European Space Agency (ESA) ERS-1 mission. The methodology
uses a cubic-spline fit of dual ERS-1 and TOPEX crossovers for the minimisation of radial orbit error. Fourier domain processing
techniques are used for spectral optimal interpolation of the mean sea surface in order to reduce residual errors within the
initial model. The EGM96 gravity field and sea surface topography models are used as reference fields as part of the determination
of spectral components required for the optimal interpolation algorithm. A comparison between the final model and 10 cycles
of TOPEX sea surface heights shows differences of between 12.3 and 13.8 cm root mean square (RMS). An un-optimally interpolated
surface comparison with TOPEX data gave differences of between 15.7 and 16.2 cm RMS. The methodology results in an approximately
10-cm improvement in accuracy. Further improvement will be attained with the inclusion of stacked altimetry from both current
and future missions.
Received: 22 December 1999 / Accepted: 6 November 2000 相似文献
11.
Two numerical techniques are used in recent regional high-frequency geoid computations in Canada: discrete numerical integration
and fast Fourier transform. These two techniques have been tested for their numerical accuracy using a synthetic gravity field.
The synthetic field was generated by artificially extending the EGM96 spherical harmonic coefficients to degree 2160, which
is commensurate with the regular 5′ geographical grid used in Canada. This field was used to generate self-consistent sets of synthetic gravity anomalies and
synthetic geoid heights with different degree variance spectra, which were used as control on the numerical geoid computation
techniques. Both the discrete integration and the fast Fourier transform were applied within a 6∘ spherical cap centered at each computation point. The effect of the gravity data outside the spherical cap was computed using
the spheroidal Molodenskij approach. Comparisons of these geoid solutions with the synthetic geoid heights over western Canada
indicate that the high-frequency geoid can be computed with an accuracy of approximately 1 cm using the modified Stokes technique,
with discrete numerical integration giving a slightly, though not significantly, better result than fast Fourier transform.
Received: 2 November 1999 / Accepted: 11 July 2000 相似文献
12.
Guillaume Ramillien R. Biancale S. Gratton X. Vasseur S. Bourgogne 《Journal of Geodesy》2011,85(6):313-328
We propose an unconstrained approach to recover regional time-variations of surface mass anomalies using Level-1 Gravity Recovery
and Climate Experiment (GRACE) orbit observations, for reaching spatial resolutions of a few hundreds of kilometers. Potential
differences between the twin GRACE vehicles are determined along short satellite tracks using the energy integral method (i.e.,
integration of orbit parameters vs. time) in a quasi-inertial terrestrial reference frame. Potential differences residuals
corresponding mainly to changes in continental hydrology are then obtained after removing the gravitational effects of the
known geophysical phenomena that are mainly the static part of the Earth’s gravity field and time-varying contributions to
gravity (Sun, Moon, planets, atmosphere, ocean, tides, variations of Earth’s rotation axis) through ad hoc models. Regional
surface mass anomalies are restored from potential difference anomalies of 10 to 30-day orbits onto 1◦ continental grids by regularization techniques based on singular value decomposition. Error budget analysis has been made
by considering the important effects of spectrum truncation, the time length of observation (or spatial coverage of the data
to invert) and for different levels of noise. 相似文献
13.
Gravity-field improvement in the Mediterranean Sea by estimating the bottom topography using collocation 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
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 相似文献
14.
The AUSGeoid09 model of the Australian Height Datum 总被引:8,自引:6,他引:2
W. E. Featherstone J. F. Kirby C. Hirt M. S. Filmer S. J. Claessens N. J. Brown G. Hu G. M. Johnston 《Journal of Geodesy》2011,85(3):133-150
AUSGeoid09 is the new Australia-wide gravimetric quasigeoid model that has been a posteriori fitted to the Australian Height
Datum (AHD) so as to provide a product that is practically useful for the more direct determination of AHD heights from Global
Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). This approach is necessary because the AHD is predominantly a third-order vertical datum
that contains a ~1 m north-south tilt and ~0.5 m regional distortions with respect to the quasigeoid, meaning that GNSS-gravimetric-quasigeoid
and AHD heights are inconsistent. Because the AHD remains the official vertical datum in Australia, it is necessary to provide
GNSS users with effective means of recovering AHD heights. The gravimetric component of the quasigeoid model was computed
using a hybrid of the remove-compute-restore technique with a degree-40 deterministically modified kernel over a one-degree
spherical cap, which is superior to the remove-compute-restore technique alone in Australia (with or without a cap). This
is because the modified kernel and cap combine to filter long-wavelength errors from the terrestrial gravity anomalies. The
zero-tide EGM2008 global gravitational model to degree 2,190 was used as the reference field. Other input data are ~1.4 million
land gravity anomalies from Geoscience Australia, 1′ × 1′ DNSC2008GRA altimeter-derived gravity anomalies offshore, the 9′′ × 9′′
GEODATA-DEM9S Australian digital elevation model, and a readjustment of Australian National Levelling Network (ANLN) constrained
to the CARS2006 mean dynamic ocean topography model. To determine the numerical integration parameters for the modified kernel,
the gravimetric component of AUSGeoid09 was compared with 911 GNSS-observed ellipsoidal heights at benchmarks. The standard
deviation of fit to the GNSS-AHD heights is ±222 mm, which dropped to ±134 mm for the readjusted GNSS-ANLN heights showing
that careful consideration now needs to be given to the quality of the levelling data used to assess gravimetric quasigeoid
models. The publicly released version of AUSGeoid09 also includes a geometric component that models the difference between
the gravimetric quasigeoid and the zero surface of the AHD at 6,794 benchmarks. This a posteriori fitting used least-squares
collocation (LSC) in cross-validation mode to determine a correlation length of 75 km for the analytical covariance function,
whereas the noise was taken from the estimated standard deviation of the GNSS ellipsoidal heights. After this LSC surface
fitting, the standard deviation of fit reduced to ±30 mm, one-third of which is attributable to the uncertainty in the GNSS
ellipsoidal heights. 相似文献
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GPS measurements of ocean loading and its impact on zenith tropospheric delay estimates: a case study in Brittany, France 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
S. Vey E. Calais M. Llubes N. Florsch G. Woppelmann J. Hinderer M. Amalvict M. F. Lalancette B. Simon F. Duquenne J. S. Haase 《Journal of Geodesy》2002,76(8):419-427
The results from a global positioning system (GPS) experiment carried out in Brittany, France, in October 1999, aimed at
measuring crustal displacements caused by ocean loading and quantifying their effects on GPS-derived tropospheric delay estimates,
are presented. The loading effect in the vertical and horizontal position time series is identified, however with significant
disagreement in amplitude compared to ocean loading model predictions. It is shown that these amplitude misfits result from
spatial tropospheric heterogeneities not accounted for in the data processing. The effect of ocean loading on GPS-derived
zenith total delay (ZTD) estimates is investigated and a scaling factor of 4.4 between ZTD and station height for a 10° elevation
cut-off angle is found (i.e. a 4.4-cm station height error would map into a 1-cm ZTD error). Consequently, unmodeled ocean
loading effects map into significant errors in ZTD estimates and ocean loading modeling must be properly implemented when
estimating ZTD parameters from GPS data for meteorological applications. Ocean loading effects must be known with an accuracy
of better than 3 cm in order to meet the accuracy requirements of meteorological and climatological applications of GPS-derived
precipitable water vapor.
Received: 16 July 2001 / Accepted: 25 April 2002
Acknowledgments. The authors are grateful to H.G. Scherneck for fruitful discussions and for his help with the ocean loading calculations.
They thank H. Vedel for making the HIRLAM data available; D. Jerett for helpful discussions; and the city of Rostrenen, the
Laboratoire d'Océanographie of Concarneau, and the Institut de Protection et de S?reté Nucléaire (BERSSIN) for their support
during the GPS measurement campaign. Reviews by C.K. Shum and two anonymous referees significantly improved this paper. This
work was carried out in the framework of the MAGIC project (http://www.acri.fr/magic), funded by the European Commission,
Environment and Climate Program (EC Contract ENV4-CT98–0745).
Correspondence to: E. Calais, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1397, USA. e-mail:
ecalais@purdue.edu Tel. : +1-765-496-2915; Fax:+1-765-496-1210 相似文献
16.
H. Nahavandchi 《Journal of Geodesy》2002,76(6-7):345-352
It is suggested that a spherical harmonic representation of the geoidal heights using global Earth gravity models (EGM) might
be accurate enough for many applications, although we know that some short-wavelength signals are missing in a potential coefficient
model. A `direct' method of geoidal height determination from a global Earth gravity model coefficient alone and an `indirect'
approach of geoidal height determination through height anomaly computed from a global gravity model are investigated. In
both methods, suitable correction terms are applied. The results of computations in two test areas show that the direct and
indirect approaches of geoid height determination yield good agreement with the classical gravimetric geoidal heights which
are determined from Stokes' formula. Surprisingly, the results of the indirect method of geoidal height determination yield
better agreement with the global positioning system (GPS)-levelling derived geoid heights, which are used to demonstrate such
improvements, than the results of gravimetric geoid heights at to the same GPS stations. It has been demonstrated that the
application of correction terms in both methods improves the agreement of geoidal heights at GPS-levelling stations. It is
also found that the correction terms in the direct method of geoidal height determination are mostly similar to the correction
terms used for the indirect determination of geoidal heights from height anomalies.
Received: 26 July 2001 / Accepted: 21 February 2002 相似文献
17.
Per Knudsen 《Journal of Geodesy》1992,66(1):27-40
An analysis of the quasi-stationary sea surface topography (QSST) is carried out in the Norwegian Sea region (54°<ø<72°, -25°<<20°) using marine gravimetry and one year of Geosat ERM altimetry. As reference models the geopotential model OSU91A and the QSST model OSU89D were used. Two procedures to extract the QSST from mean sea surface heights and gravity anomalies were tested. Spherical FFT techniques were applied in both procedures. The results show that QSST associated with wavelength shorter than 4000 km exists. Relative to the OSU89D model the QSST was found to have a variance of (0.219 m)2 and a correlation length of 1.105°. The circulation pattern recovered in this paper agree with results of oceanographic analysis. 相似文献
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A data-driven approach to local gravity field modelling using spherical radial basis functions 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
We propose a methodology for local gravity field modelling from gravity data using spherical radial basis functions. The methodology
comprises two steps: in step 1, gravity data (gravity anomalies and/or gravity disturbances) are used to estimate the disturbing
potential using least-squares techniques. The latter is represented as a linear combination of spherical radial basis functions
(SRBFs). A data-adaptive strategy is used to select the optimal number, location, and depths of the SRBFs using generalized
cross validation. Variance component estimation is used to determine the optimal regularization parameter and to properly
weight the different data sets. In the second step, the gravimetric height anomalies are combined with observed differences
between global positioning system (GPS) ellipsoidal heights and normal heights. The data combination is written as the solution
of a Cauchy boundary-value problem for the Laplace equation. This allows removal of the non-uniqueness of the problem of local
gravity field modelling from terrestrial gravity data. At the same time, existing systematic distortions in the gravimetric
and geometric height anomalies are also absorbed into the combination. The approach is used to compute a height reference
surface for the Netherlands. The solution is compared with NLGEO2004, the official Dutch height reference surface, which has
been computed using the same data but a Stokes-based approach with kernel modification and a geometric six-parameter “corrector
surface” to fit the gravimetric solution to the GPS-levelling points. A direct comparison of both height reference surfaces
shows an RMS difference of 0.6 cm; the maximum difference is 2.1 cm. A test at independent GPS-levelling control points, confirms
that our solution is in no way inferior to NLGEO2004. 相似文献
19.
I. N. Tziavos 《Journal of Geodesy》1987,61(2):177-197
Mean gravity anomalies, deflections of the vertical, and a geopotential model complete to degree and order180 are combined in order to determine geoidal heights in the area bounded by [34°≦ϕ≤42°, 18°≦λ≦28°]. Moreover, employing point
gravity anomalies simultaneously with the above data, an attempt is made to predict deflections of the vertical in the same
area. The method used in the computations is least squares collocation. Using empirical covariance functions for the data,
the suitable errors for the different sources of observations, and the optimum cap radius around each point of evaluation,
an accuracy better than±0.60m for geoidal heights and±1″.5 for deflections of the vertical is obtained taking into account existing systematic effects. This accuracy refers to the
comparison between observed and predicted values. 相似文献
20.
Estimation of dynamic ocean topography in the Gulf Stream area using the Hotine formula and altimetry data 总被引:3,自引:2,他引:1
Changyou Zhang 《Journal of Geodesy》1998,72(9):499-510
Two modifications of the Hotine formula using the truncation theory and marine gravity disturbances with altimetry data are
developed and used to compute a marine gravimetric geoid in the Gulf Stream area. The purpose of the geoid computation from
marine gravity information is to derive the absolute dynamic ocean topography based on the best estimate of the mean surface
height from recent altimetry missions such as Geosat, ERS-1, and Topex. This paper also tries to overcome difficulties of
using Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) techniques to the geoid computation when the Hotine kernel is modified according to
the truncation theory. The derived absolute dynamic ocean topography is compared with that from global circulation models
such as POCM4B and POP96. The RMS difference between altimetry-derived and global circulation model dynamic ocean topography
is at the level of 25cm. The corresponding mean difference for POCM4B and POP96 is only a few centimeters. This study also
shows that the POP96 model is in slightly better agreement with the results derived from the Hotine formula and altimetry
data than POCM4B in the Gulf Stream area. In addition, Hotine formula with modification (II) gives the better agreement with
the results from the two global circulation models than the other techniques discussed in this paper.
Received: 10 October 1996 / Accepted: 16 January 1998 相似文献