Gravity forward modeling with a tesseroid-based Rock-Water-Ice approach - Theory and applications in the context of the GOCE mission and height system unification

• Main Author: Grombein, Thomas (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2017
• Series: Schriftenreihe des Studiengangs Geodäsie und Geoinformatik / Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Studiengang Geodäsie und Geoinformatik
• Subjects: Physics; Vorwärtsmodellierung; Rock-Water-Ice approach; Satellitenmission GOCE; Gravity forward modeling; Height system unification; Tesseroids; Vereinheitlichung von Höhensystemen; Tesseroide; Rock-Water-Ice Ansatz; GOCE satellite mission
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Detailed information on the gravitational effect of the Earth's topographic and isostatic masses can be calculated by gravity forward modeling. Within this book, the tesseroid-based Rock-Water-Ice (RWI) approach is developed, which allows a rigorous separate modeling of the Earth's rock, w...