Encyclopedia of Geodesy

The past few decades have witnessed the explosive growth of Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding the planet Earth. Such a development addresses the challenging endeavour to enrich human lives with bounding Nature as well as to preserve the Planet Earth, the Moon, the other pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Grafarend, Erik (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Series:Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
Subjects:
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Absolute Gravity Measurements
  • Acceleration approach
  • Advances in long-range kinematics
  • Application of absolute gravity research
  • Astrogeodetic Methods
  • Astrometry; nutation/precession; celestial mechanics
  • Atmospheric modelling
  • Atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic loading effects
  • Attitude determination
  • Best Integer Prediction in mixed models
  • Bureau International de Poids et Mesure (BIPM) - Section Time, Frequency and Gravimetry
  • CHAMP-,GRACE-,GOCE-satellite projects
  • Computational Methods
  • Conventions and correction models
  • Deformation analysis
  • Deformations of the Earth's crust from InSAR
  • Digital Terrain Models