Foundations of Differential Geodesy

• Author(s): Joseph Zund,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• Pages: 373
• ISBN_10: 3642791875
  ISBN_13: 9783642791871
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Physics / Geophysics , Science / Earth Sciences / Geology ,

Description:... Differential geodesy is concerned with the geometry of the gravity field of the Earth, which is of fundamental importance to both theoretical geodesy and geophysics. This monograph presents a unified treatment of the foundations of differential geodesy as proposed originally by Antonio Marussi and Martin Hotine in their work.
The principal features of the Marussi-Hotine approach to theoretical aspects are given in the first five chapters (based on leg calculus), while the last five chapters are devoted to the fundamental ideas of the Marussi and Hotine theory. The text includes practical problems and is intended for use by research geodesists, graduate students in geodesy, and theoretical geophysicists.