A FORTRAN PROGRAM FOR THE COMPUTATION OF THE DISTURBANCE COMPONENTS OF GRAVITY,

Abstract

A computer program has been formulated for the computation of the three disturbing components of gravity. Though several methods were examined for this computation, the direct integration method was chosen since it does not require the knowledge of geoid undulation, as does the coating method. The gravity data may be given in five block sizes, 5 degree x 5 degree, 1 degree x 1 degree, and 30' x 30', 5' x 5', and 2.5' x 2.5' blocks. With this data set, the disturbance components may be computed at any elevation above 10 km. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0805292

Entities

People

  • Richard H. Rapp

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Information
  • Elevation
  • Undulation

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