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Encyclopedia of Geodesy

  • Living reference work
  • © 2020
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Editors:
  1. Michael G. Sideris

    1. Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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  • Provides a single unique reference for the rapidly growing field of Geodetic Sciences
  • Offers a cross-disciplinary coverage drawing from many disciplines of Geodetic Sciences
  • Would be available as easy reference to the wide range of experts from allied professions
  • No other equivalent publication available, rigorous content
  • Structuring makes general as well as specialized topics accessible to readers

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (EESS)

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Table of contents (77 entries)

  1. Geodesy in Polar Regions

    • Mirko Scheinert, Martin Horwath, Reinhard Dietrich, Ralf Rosenau, Christoph Knöfel

  2. Geodetic Boundary Value Problems

    • Yan Ming Wang

  3. Global Gravity Field Models

    • Franz Barthelmes, Christoph Förste, E. Sinem Ince

  4. GPS/Leveling

    • Ambrus Kenyeres

  5. Gravity Anomalies

    • Georges Balmino, Sylvain Bonvalot

  6. Gravity Field of Planetary Bodies

    • Oliver Baur

  7. Height Systems

    • Laura Sánchez

  8. Least-Squares Collocation

    • C. C. Tscherning

  9. Loading Effects

    • Hans-Georg Scherneck

  10. Local Geoid Determination

    • Yan Ming Wang, Jianliang Huang, Tao Jiang, Michael G. Sideris

  11. Mass Change Trends from GRACE and GRACE-FO Gravity Field Time Series

    • Oliver Baur, Annette Eicker

  12. Satellite Altimetry

    • Xiaoli Deng

  13. Spherical Harmonic Models

    • E. Sinem Ince, Christoph Förste

  14. Superconducting Gravity Meters

    • Olivier Francis, Michel Van Camp

  15. Geoid’s Potential Value W0

    • Laura Sánchez

  16. Tidal Effects

    • Jean-Pierre Barriot, Bernard Ducarme

  17. Normal Gravity

    • Dimitrios Tsoulis

  18. Topographic Effects

    • Ilias N. Tziavos, Georgios S. Vergos

  19. Earth Rotation, Excitation, Core

    • Mathieu Dumberry

  20. Earth Rotation, Excitation, Atmospheric

    • David Salstein
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About this book

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 planets, in total the Cosmos, for generations to come. Geodetic Sciences aspires to define and quantify the internal structure, the surface structure, the Oceans and the Atmosphere as well as the exterior - interior structure of the planets.

Basic principles of Physics and Astronomy, namely the Static Gravity Field, the time-varying Gravity Field, in short Gravitodynamics, of the Earth and the other planets, the complex rotational motion for rigid bodies as well as deforming bodies of the Earth, The Moon, the Sun, and the planets and their moons and on top the time-varying Topography open a fascination Arena of Geodetic Sciences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

    Michael G. Sideris

About the editor

Erik W. Grafarend (Essen, 30-10-1939) is a German surveyor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Stuttgart. He has contributed significantly to the modern mathematical methods in geodesy, the regression analysis and the multi-dimensional spaces.

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