The External Gravity Potential on the Earth and Gravity Dependent Geodetic Paramete s.

Abstract

;Contents: Integration of aerial gravity measurements with terrestrial data; Geodetic and geophysical applications of measured second and higher order horizontal and vertical gravity gradients; Normal earth models and those using topography and isostasy; Boundary-value problem of physical geodesy; Convergence of series and iterative procedures in physical geodesy; A general theory of the least squares; New orbital analysis technique for the determination of the gravity field from satellite data; Combination of general solution for potential coefficients and station coordinates with gravity data, deflection of the vertical and undulation information; The truncation and aliasing errors of spherical harmonic expansion; Satellite altimetry data in the determination of the earth's external gravitational field.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0746307

Entities

People

  • Urho A. Uotila

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altimetry
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Coefficients
  • Convergence
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Deflection
  • Earth Models
  • Earth Sciences
  • Geodesy
  • Geophysics
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Gravity
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Measurement
  • Models

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Geodesy
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris