Overview
- Editors:
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Fernando Sansò
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Fac. Ingneria di Como, Politecnico Milano, Como, Italy
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Michael G. Sideris
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Fac. Engineering, Dept. Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- This book uniquely consolidates, unifies and streamlines material, which is not yet covered by the scarce literature on geoid determination
- Of great benefit to graduates and lecturers alike
- Long awaited and comprehensive study
About this book
This book will be based on the material of the lecture noties in several International Schools for the Determination and Use of the Geoid, organized by the International Geoid Serivice of the International Association of Geodesy. It consolidates, unifies, and streamlines this material in a unique way not covereed by the few other books that exist on this subjext. More specifically, the book presents (for the first time in a single volume) the theory and methodology of the most common technique used for precise determination of the geoid, including the computation of the marine geoid from satellite altimetry data. These are illustrated by specific examples and actual computations of local geoids. In addition, the book provides the fundamentals of estimating orthometric heights without spirit levelling, by properly combining a geoid with heights from GPS. Besides the geodectic and geophysical uses, this last application has made geoid computation methods very popular in recent years because the entire GPS and GIS user communities are interested in estimating geoid undulations in order to convert GPS heights to physically meaningful orthometric heights (elevations above mean sea level). The overall purpose of the book is, therefore, to provide the user community (academics, graduate students, geophysicists, engineers, oceanographers, GIS and GPS users, researchers) with a self-contained textbook, which will supply them with the complete roadmap of estimating geoid undulations, from the theoretical definitions and formulas to the available numerical methods and their implementation and the test in practice.
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07 September 2015
Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Theory
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 3-71
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 73-110
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 111-168
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 169-201
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 203-258
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Methods and Applications
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Front Matter
Pages 259-259
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Methods
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- Carl Christian Tscherning
Pages 311-336
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- Ilias N. Tziavos, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 337-400
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Advanced Analysis Methods
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Front Matter
Pages 545-545
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Advanced Theory
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 547-589
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 591-644
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 645-661
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- Fernando Sansò, Michael G. Sideris
Pages 663-706
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Back Matter
Pages 707-734
Editors and Affiliations
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Fac. Ingneria di Como, Politecnico Milano, Como, Italy
Fernando Sansò
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Fac. Engineering, Dept. Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Michael G. Sideris