Boundary-Value Problems for Gravimetric Determination of a Precise Geoid

• Author(s): Zdenek Martinec,
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Pages: 228
• ISBN_10: 3540644628
  ISBN_13: 9783540644620
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology , Science / Environmental Science , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Pollution Control , Science / Life Sciences / Biophysics , Science / Earth Sciences / General , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General ,

Description:... This book offers a simultaneous treatment of the theory and numerical application of boundary-value problems related to the determination of a precise geoid from gravimetric data. The following subjects are discussed: topographical effects and their computations in precise gravimetric geoid determination, the downward continuation of a harmonic function, Stokes' problem formulated on an ellipsoid of revolution, spherical Stokes' problem with ellipsoidal corrections involved in boundary conditions for an anomalous potential, and the altimetry-gravimetry boundary-value problem. The answer to a number of scientific problems, raised and discussed in geodetic literature over the past years, can be found here. The book is intended for scientists and advanced graduate students.