A NEW SOLUTION FOR THE ANOMALOUS GRAVITY POTENTIAL RESULTING FROM A MODIFICATION OF MOLODENSKY'S LINEAR APPROXIMATION, ITS PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND NUMEROUS RAMIFICATIONS.

Abstract

The research note is concerned with the symbiosis of classical and modern theory of gravimetric geodesy. The formulas obtained are essentially equivalent to those of Molodensky and Brovar but are less data dependent, more direct from the computational point of view, and more advantageous pertaining to the utilization of artificial earth's satellite data. Due to the inclusion of terms involving a non-vanishing topographic mean density, the new theory is more general than the method of Bjerhammar and, therefore, not dependent on a least-square solution subject to a growing bias with decreasing wave length. It also has ramifications regarding simplified models and model combinations derived or proposed by other authors. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0702922

Entities

People

  • Hans Baussus-von Luetzow

Organizations

  • Geospatial Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Defects (Materials)
  • Inclusions
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris