Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems: Proceedings of the IAG Symposium GGHS2012, October 9-12, 2012, Venice, Italy

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Towards the Establishment of New Gravity Control in Poland....Pages 3-9
Testing the Suitability of the A10-020 Absolute Gravimeter for the Establishment of New Gravity Control in Poland....Pages 11-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
GOCE Long-Wavelength Gravity Field Recovery from 1s-Sampled Kinematic Orbits Using the Acceleration Approach....Pages 21-26
Use of High Performance Computing for the Rigorous Estimation of Very High Degree Spherical Harmonic Gravity Field Models....Pages 27-33
Time Variable Gravity: Contributions of GOCE Satellite Data to Monthly and Bi-monthly GRACE Gravity Field Estimates....Pages 35-40
Application of Wavelets for Along-Track Multi-resolution Analysis of GOCE SGG Data....Pages 41-50
Assessment of High-Resolution Global Gravity Field Models and Their Application in Quasi-geoid Modelling in Finland....Pages 51-58
Comparison of GOCE Global Gravity Field Models to Test Fields in Southern Norway....Pages 59-65
Evaluation of Recent GRACE and GOCE Satellite Gravity Models and Combined Models Using GPS/Leveling and Gravity Data in China....Pages 67-74
Evaluation of GOCE/GRACE Derived Global Geopotential Models over Argentina with Collocated GPS/Levelling Observations....Pages 75-83
Evaluation of GOCE/GRACE Global Geopotential Models over Greece with Collocated GPS/Levelling Observations and Local Gravity Data....Pages 85-92
Evaluation of the GOCE-Based Gravity Field Models in Turkey....Pages 93-99
A Stokesian Approach for the Comparative Analysis of Satellite Gravity Models and Terrestrial Gravity Data....Pages 101-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
New Approach to Estimate Time Variable Gravity Fields from High-Low Satellite Tracking Data....Pages 111-116
Status of the GRACE Follow-On Mission....Pages 117-121
Feasibility Study of a Future Satellite Gravity Mission Using GEO-LEO Line-of-Sight Observations....Pages 123-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
GOCE Data for Local Geoid Enhancement....Pages 133-142
Investigation of Gravity Data Requirements for a 5 mm-Quasigeoid Model over Sweden....Pages 143-150
Consistent Combination of Satellite and Terrestrial Gravity Field Observations in Regional Geoid Modeling: A Case Study for Austria....Pages 151-156
Modelling the Influence of Terraced Landforms to the Earth’s Gravity Field....Pages 157-162
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Accurate Geoid Height Differences Computation from GNSS Data and Modern Astrogeodetic Observations....Pages 163-169
Improving the Swedish Quasigeoid by Gravity Observations on the Ice of Lake Vänern....Pages 171-177
Geoid Model and Altitude at Mount Aconcagua Region (Argentina) from Airborne Gravity Survey....Pages 179-185
HRG2009: New High Resolution Geoid Model for Croatia....Pages 187-191
Validation of Regional Geoid Models for Saudi Arabia Using GPS/Levelling Data and GOCE Models....Pages 193-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
 W 0 Estimates in the Frame of the GGOS Working Group on Vertical Datum Standardisation....Pages 203-210
Realization of WHS Based on the Static Gravity Field Observed by GOCE....Pages 211-220
First Results on Height System Unification in North America Using GOCE....Pages 221-227
Using GOCE to Straighten and Sew European Local Geoids: Preliminary Study and First Results....Pages 229-234
Combination of Geometric and Orthometric Heights in the Presence of Geoid and Quasi-geoid Models....Pages 235-239
Contribution of Tide Gauges for the Determination of W 0 in Canada....Pages 241-248
Estimation of the Reference Geopotential Value for the Local Vertical Datum of Continental Greece Using EGM08 and GPS/Leveling Data....Pages 249-255
Tidal Systems and Reductions for Improvement of the Bulgarian National Vertical Reference System....Pages 257-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Consistent Combination of Gravity Field, Altimetry and Hydrographic Data....Pages 267-273
Local Hydrological Effects on Gravity at Metsähovi, Finland: Implications for Comparing Observations by the Superconducting Gravimeter with Global Hydrological Models and with GRACE....Pages 275-281
Global Groundwater Cycles and Extreme Events Responses Observed by Satellite Gravimetry....Pages 283-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Sensitivity of GOCE Gravity Gradients to Crustal Thickness and Density Variations: Case Study for the Northeast Atlantic Region....Pages 291-298
Detecting the Elevated Crust to Mantle Section in the Kohistan-Ladakh Arc, Himalaya, from GOCE Observations....Pages 299-307
A Grip on Geological Units with GOCE....Pages 309-317
Basement Structure of the Santos Basin from Gravity Data....Pages 319-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Observing the Gravity Field of Different Planets and Moons by Space-Borne Techniques: Predictions by Fast Error Propagation Tools....Pages 331-336
Sensitivity of Simulated LRO Tracking Data to the Lunar Gravity Field....Pages 337-342
Back Matter....Pages 343-346