Geodesy on the Move: Gravity, Geoid, Geodynamics and Antarctica

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
The changing role of gravity reference networks....Pages 1-10
Improving Accuracy and Reliability of Airborne Gravimetry by Multiple Sensor Configurations....Pages 11-17
Combining Airborne and Ground Gravity Using Collocation....Pages 18-23
Comparisons between Absolute (AG) and Superconducting (SG) Gravimeters....Pages 24-29
An Airborne Geoid Mapping System for regional sea-surface topography: application to the Skagerrak and Azores areas....Pages 30-36
The German Gravity Base Net 1994 (DSGN 1994)....Pages 37-44
SAR Data Acquisitions at Syowa Station in Antarctica....Pages 45-50
The National Gravimetric Network of Uruguay....Pages 51-57
Past and Future Developments in Geopotential Modeling....Pages 58-78
The World of Gravity According to Rapp....Pages 79-91
Gravity Field Improvement Activities at NASA GSFC....Pages 92-98
The Development by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency of a Global Surface Gravity Anomaly Database for the EGM96 Geopotential Model and Future Applications....Pages 99-104
On The Possibility to Estimate Ocean Bottom Topography from Marine Gravity and Satellite Altimeter Data Using Collocation....Pages 105-112
Generating Orthometric Heights from the ERS-1 Altimeter Geodetic Mission Dataset: Results from an Expert Systems Approach....Pages 113-118
Use Of ERS-1 Land Altimetry to Validate the GLOBE Global Digital Elevation Model....Pages 119-124
Geodetic Application Of ERS-1 Altimeter Data Over Land....Pages 125-131
Global Marine Gravity and Mean Sea Surface from Multi Mission Satellite Altimetry....Pages 132-137
Sea Level Variations Measured by TOPEX/POSEIDON and by Tide Gauges: A Validation Study in the Southern Baltic Sea....Pages 138-143
Observed Inconsistencies between Satellite-Only and Surface Gravity-Only Geopotential Models....Pages 144-149
A Comparison of Satellite Altimetry Methods for the Recovery of Gravity Field Quantities....Pages 150-155
Gravity determination in ice covered regions by altimetry....Pages 156-162
Apriori Estimates of the Solution of the Geodetic Boundary Value Problem....Pages 163-169
Application of Multiresolution Filtering in Spectral Geoid Determination....Pages 170-175
Geoid Computation by Collocation in Scaling Spaces....Pages 176-181
An Efficient Technique for the Computation of the Gravimetric Quantities from Geopotential Earth Models....Pages 182-187
Modified Kernels in Spectral Geoid Determination: First Results from Western Australia....Pages 188-193
Geoids and Cap Sizes....Pages 194-200
The Effects of Varying Cap Sizes on Geoid Computations: Experiences with FFT and Ring Integration....Pages 201-206
A Comparison of Techniques for the Integration of Satellite Altimeter and Surface Gravity Data for Geoid Determination....Pages 207-212
Application of Spherical Wavelets for Regional Gravity Field Recovery — A Comparative Study....Pages 213-218
Comments on Two Dimensional Convolutions of the Geodetic Problems in Planar and Spherical Coordinates....Pages 219-224
Overdetermined Gravity Gradiometry Boundary Value Problem: Theory and Simulation....Pages 225-230
Investigations of the Earth’s Relativistic Gravity Field....Pages 231-236
Geoid and Mass Density — Why and How?....Pages 237-242
Operational Merging of Satellite, Airborne and Surface Gravity Data by Draping Techniques....Pages 243-248
The European Gravimetric Quasigeoid EGG97 - An IAG Supported Continental Enterprise -....Pages 249-254
A Preliminary Geoid Model for Argentina....Pages 255-261
The Gravimetric Geoid in Algeria: First Results....Pages 262-268
Geoid Studies in the North-East Atlantic (Azores-Portugal)....Pages 269-274
The Gravimetric Geoid for Libya....Pages 275-280
Comparison between Altimetric and Gravimetric Geoid in the South — West Mediterranean Basin....Pages 281-287
Data Processing for a Geoid Model in Argentina....Pages 288-293
Decimetric Geoid for Buenos Aires Province Based on Gps and Global Models....Pages 294-299
Towards a Regional Geoid Determination in Western Venezuela....Pages 300-305
Improved Gravimetric Geoid AGG97 of Austria....Pages 306-311
Metrology of the Earth’s Rotation Over 1988–1997....Pages 312-317
Earth Orientation Parameter Analysis from VLBI Data....Pages 318-324
Tempo: Determining, Combining, and Predicting Earth Orientation Parameters for Spacecraft Navigation....Pages 325-325
Possible Temporal Variations of the Free Core Nutation and Forced Nutations....Pages 326-331
Excitation of Nutation as Deduced from Results of the Recent Atmospheric Reanalysis Project....Pages 332-332
Regional Atmospheric Angular Momentum Contributions to Polar Motion Excitation....Pages 333-338
Time-Frequency Characteristics of the Pressure Term of the Eaam Excitation Functions in Some Geographic Regions....Pages 339-344
The Spacetime Gravitational Field of a Deformable Body....Pages 345-345
Temporal Variation of the Geopotential: Processes and Interactions among the Earth’s Subsystems....Pages 346-351
Monitoring Geoidal Potential on the Basis of Topex/Poseidon Altimeter Data and EGM96....Pages 352-358
Absolute positioning, tectonic plate motions and polar motion determination with the DORIS system....Pages 359-364
Geodetic Baseline Adjustment by VLBI Technique....Pages 365-370
Adjustment of a European Combined GPS-SLR-VLBI Fundamental Network....Pages 371-376
Combination of VLBI, SLR and GPS Determined Station Velocities for Actual Plate Kinematic and Crustal Deformation Models....Pages 377-382
 Ge odesy D emonstration Ex periment (Gedex) For Space VLBI: State of the Art and Software Development....Pages 383-388
An Integrated Crustal Movement Monitoring Network in China....Pages 389-393
VLBI, SLR and GPS observations in the Key Stone Project....Pages 394-399
Cooperation of Sixteen CEI (Central European Initiative) Countries in Geodesy and Geodynamics....Pages 400-405
No Relative Movements between South American and Scotia Plates in Tierra Del Fuego....Pages 406-410
A Numerical Model for the Study of the Load Effect of the Water in the Area of the River Plate....Pages 411-416
Crustal Deformation along the Caribbean — South American Plate Boundary Derived From The Casa GPS Project....Pages 417-422
The Aqaba Earthquake of November 22, 1995 and Co-Seismic Deformation in Sinai Peninsula, Deduced from Repeated GPS Measurements....Pages 423-423
Fault Model of the 1995 North Sakhalin Earthquake Based on SAR Interferogram....Pages 424-424
Integration of GPS Algerian Sites in West Mediterranean Geodynamical Studies: Case of Tyrgeonet Project....Pages 425-430
Multi-Parametric Experiment for Observing Crustal Deformations in Southern Brazil....Pages 431-436
The determination of motion rates of blocks in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by GPS measurements....Pages 437-442
Detection of Crustal Deformations by SAR Interferometry in Combination with Dense GPS Array....Pages 443-443
Modelling Vertical Crustal Deformation in Time and Position Domains, Inferred from GPS Levelling....Pages 444-449
Comparison of Crustal Deformations Observed with GPS and Strainmeters/Tiltmeters....Pages 450-458
Present-Day Kinematics of Central Asia Derived by Joint Inversion of Geological and Geodetic Data....Pages 459-459
Application of the Anomaly of Astrometric Observations to Earthquake Prediction Study....Pages 460-464
Interdisciplinary Studies of Astronomical Factors and Earthquakes in China....Pages 465-471
The Ice-Age Geodynamics of Antarctica....Pages 472-472
Elevation changes in Antarctica 1992–1996: Implications for Ice Sheet Mass Balances....Pages 473-473
The SCAR GPS Campaigns: Accurate Geodetic Reference in Antarctica....Pages 474-479
Uruguayan Contribution to the Antarctic Geodesy....Pages 480-485
GPS for ice sheet movement monitoring and grounding line detection....Pages 486-491
Comparison of Altimetric and Ship borne Marine Gravity over Ice-free and Ice-covered polar Seas....Pages 492-497
Italian geodetic network as reference frame for geodynamic purposes (Terra Nova Bay — Victoria Land — ANTARCTICA)....Pages 498-503
Ice-Ocean-Solid Earth Interactions in Dronning Maud Land/Antarctica: A Geodetic Approach to Solve Open Questions....Pages 504-509
The Contribution of the Geodetic Observatory O’Higgins to the Realization of a Geodetic Reference Frame in Antarctica....Pages 510-516
Towards a new Free Air Anomaly Map of the Antarctic Peninsula....Pages 517-522
Regional Geoid Improvement Based on Surface Gravity Data....Pages 523-528
SAR Interferometry for Improved Terrain Corrections in Surface and Airborne Gravimetry....Pages 529-534
Crustal Uplift around Syowa Station, Antarctica....Pages 535-540
Geodetical and Geophysical Observations at Syowa Station, Antarctica....Pages 541-546
Back Matter....Pages 547-551