Gravity field terrain effect computations by FFT |
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Authors: | René Forsberg |
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Institution: | (1) Geodetic Institute Gamlehave Alle 22, DK-2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark |
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Abstract: | The widespread availability of detailed gridded topographic and bathymetric data for many areas of the earth has resulted
in a need for efficient terrain effect computation techniques, especially for applications in gravity field modelling. Compared
to conventional integration techniques, Fourier transform methods provide extremely efficient computations due to the speed
of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT. The Fourier techniques rely on linearization and series expansions of the basically unlinear terrain effect integrals, typically
involving transformation of the heights/depths and their squares. TheFFT methods will especially be suited for terrain reduction of land gravity data and satellite altimetry geoid data.
In the paper the basic formulas will be outlined, and special emphasis will be put on the practial implementation, where a
special coarse/detailed grid pair formulation must be used in order to minimize the unavoidable edge effects ofFFT, and the special properties ofFFT are utilized to limit the actual number of data transformations needed. Actual results are presented for gravity and geoid
terrain effects in test areas of the USA, Greenland and the North Atlantic. The results are evaluated against a conventional
integration program: thus, e.g., in an area of East Greenland (with terrain corrections up to10 mgal), the accuracy ofFFT-computed terrain corrections in actual gravity stations showed anr.m.s. error of0.25 mgal, using height data from a detailed photogrammetric digital terrain model. Similarly, isostatic ocean geoid effects in the
Faeroe Islands region were found to be computed withr.m.s. errors around0.03 m |
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