VII Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy: Proceedings of the Symposium in Rome, 6-10 June, 2009

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Welcome to the Participants to the VII° Hotine-Marussi Symposium....Pages 3-4
The Marussi Legacy: The Anholonomity Problem, Geodetic Examples....Pages 5-15
The Shielding of Gravitation: An Old Unresolved Puzzle....Pages 17-23
Marussi and the First Formulation of Physical Geodesy as a Fixed-Boundary-Value Problem....Pages 25-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
The Future of Single-Frequency Integer Ambiguity Resolution....Pages 33-38
Integer Ambiguity Resolution with Nonlinear Geometrical Constraints....Pages 39-45
Geodetic Sensor Systems and Sensor Networks: Positioning and Applications....Pages 47-51
Contribution of a Kinematic Station to the GNSS Network Solution for Real Time....Pages 53-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Approximation of Terrain Heights by Means of Multi-resolution Bilinear Splines....Pages 61-65
Flexible Dataset Combination and Modelling by Domain Decomposition Approaches....Pages 67-73
Optimal Hypothesis Testing in Case of Regulatory Thresholds....Pages 75-80
Sequential Monte Carlo Filtering for Nonlinear GNSS Trajectories....Pages 81-86
Uncertainty Assessment of Some Data-Adaptive M-Estimators....Pages 87-92
Uniqueness and Nonuniqueness of the GNSS Carrier-Phase Compass Readings....Pages 93-97
The Effect of Reordering Strategies on Rounding Errors in Large, Sparse Equation Systems....Pages 99-104
Performance Analysis of Isotropic Spherical Harmonic Spectral Windows....Pages 105-110
Uniqueness Theorems for Inverse Gravimetric Problems....Pages 111-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Towards a Multi-Scale Representation of Multi-Dimensional Signals....Pages 119-127
Analysing Time Series of GNSS Residuals by Means of AR(I)MA Processes....Pages 129-134
Discontinuity Detection and Removal from Data Time Series....Pages 135-140
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
G-MoDe Detection of Small and Rapid Movements by a Single GPS Carrier Phase Receiver....Pages 141-145
Bayesian and Variational Methods for Discontinuity Detection: Theory Overview and Performance Comparison....Pages 147-152
Prediction Analysis of UT1-UTC Time Series by Combination of the Least-Squares and Multivariate Autoregressive Method....Pages 153-157
Next Generation GNSS Single Receiver Cycle Slip Reliability....Pages 159-164
A Constrained Quadratic Programming Technique for Data-Adaptive Design of Decorrelation Filters....Pages 165-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
The Geoid Today: Still a Problem of Theory and Practice....Pages 173-180
Omission Error, Data Requirements, and the Fractal Dimension of the Geoid....Pages 181-187
Method of Successive Approximations in Solving Geodetic Boundary Value Problems: Analysis and Numerical Experiments....Pages 189-198
On the Comparison of Radial Base Functions and Single Layer Density Representations in Local Gravity Field Modelling from Simulated Satellite Observations....Pages 199-204
Finite Elements Solutions of Boundary Value Problems Relevant to Geodesy....Pages 205-209
On Combination of Heterogeneous Gravitational Observables for Earth’s Gravity Field Modelling....Pages 211-216
The Convergence Problem of Collocation Solutions in the Framework of the Stochastic Interpretation....Pages 217-220
On the Omission Errors Due to Limited Grid Size in Geoid Computations....Pages 221-226
An Oblique Derivative in the Direct BEM Formulation of the Fixed Gravimetric BVP....Pages 227-231
Generalizing the Harmonic Reduction Procedure in Residual Topographic Modeling....Pages 233-238
Error Propagation in Geodetic Networks Studied by FEMLAB....Pages 239-244
New Expressions of the Gravitational Potential and Its Derivatives for the Prism....Pages 245-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-256
Comparison of Kinematic Orbit Analysis Methods for Gravity Field Recovery....Pages 257-257
Inclination Functions: Orthogonality and Other Properties....Pages 259-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-272
Properties and Applications of EOF-Based Filtering of GRACE Solutions....Pages 257-257
Numerical Investigation of Different Gravity Models in Orbit Propagation of Two Short CHAMP and GRACE-A Arcs....Pages 273-277
Different Representations of the Time Variable Gravity Field to Reduce the Aliasing Problem in GRACE Data Analysis....Pages 279-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-290
Multi-Sensor Monitoring of Low-Degree Gravitational Changes....Pages 291-291
Using Swarm for Gravity Field Recovery: First Simulation Results....Pages 293-300
Consistent Modeling of the Geodetic Precession in Earth Rotation....Pages 301-306
Possibilities and Limits for Estimating a Dynamic and a Geometric Reference Frame Origin by the Integrated Approach Applied to the CHAMP–GRACE–GPS Constellation....Pages 307-311
Source Parameters of the September 10, 2008 Qeshm Earthquake in Iran Inferred from the Bayesian Inversion of Envisat and ALOS InSAR Observations....Pages 313-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-325
The Choice of Reference System in ITRF Formulation....Pages 327-327
Some Pitfalls to be Avoided in Combining Simultaneous GNSS Networks....Pages 329-334
Toward a Dense Italian GPS Velocity Field: Data Analysis Strategies and Quality Assessment....Pages 335-340
A Review on Non Iterative Closed Form Configuration Matching and Rotations Estimation....Pages 341-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-352
Co-seismic Gravity Change of M w 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake and Pre-Seismic Gravity Anomaly Detection by Superconducting Gravimeter at Hsinchu, Taiwan, from April to June 2008....Pages 353-353
Optimal Cross-Validation of Different Surveying Techniques....Pages 355-360
Ocean Loading in Brittany, Northwest France: Impact of the GPS Analysis Strategy....Pages 361-366
Repeated Geodetic Measurements in the Tatra Mountain....Pages 367-372
GRACE-Derived Linear and Non-linear Secular Mass Variations Over Greenland....Pages 373-380
A New Continuous GPS Network to Monitor Deformations in the Iberian Peninsula (Topo-Iberia Project). First Study of the Situation of the Betic System Area....Pages 381-386
Implementation of the Complete Sea Level Equation in a 3D Finite Elements Scheme: A Validation Study....Pages 387-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-397
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