Physical Geodesy
"Physical Geodesy" by Heiskanen and Moritz, published in 1967, has for a long time been considered as the standard introduction to its field. The enormous progress since then, however, required a complete reworking. While basic material could be retained other parts required a complete upd...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Vienna
Springer Vienna
2006, 2006
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2006 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Motivation
- Fundamentals of potential theory
- Gravity field of the earth
- Gravity reduction
- Heights
- The geometry of the earth
- Gravity field outside the earth
- Space methods
- Modern views on the determination of the figure of the earth
- Statistical methods in physical geodesy
- Least-squares collocation
- Computational methods